Son and chosen successor of Putin warlord ‘fights of life’ after horro | World | News
The son and chosen successor of Vladimir Putin’s warlord Ramzan Kadyrov was reportedly in a critical condition in a Moscow hospital today after a high-speed car crash. Adam Kadyrov, 18, was airlifted to Moscow after the smash, with reports saying he is being treated at the elite Botkin Hospital following an emergency evacuation from Chechnya.
The teenager was flown on a specialist “flying hospital” aircraft on a two-hour flight from Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, several hours after the collision. One report said the so-called “crown prince” was transferred by emergency medical helicopter to the rooftop helipad of the Moscow hospital in the early hours.
His father Ramzan – a key backer of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war – has sent tens of thousands of troops to fight for the Kremlin in Ukraine and is himself widely believed to be seriously ill.
Kadyrov has been manoeuvring to secure Moscow’s blessing for Adam – one of his 15 children by three polygamous wives – to succeed him as ruler of mountainous Chechnya, despite the teenager’s age
According to reports, Adam was travelling in a motorcade “at very high speed” in Grozny when it suddenly encountered an “obstacle”, triggering a pile-up involving several vehicles.
Sources told Kavkaz.Realii that Adam himself was driving and that his car was first in the convoy when it struck a fence.
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“He lost control at high speed,” one source said.
Adam was initially taken to the Republican Clinical Hospital in Grozny amid claims he was unconscious and may even have been in a coma.
Other reports, citing medical sources, claimed he later regained consciousness and that doctors believed his condition “does not cause concern.”
However, the dramatic decision to rush him to Moscow on an emergency aircraft has fuelled speculation, with separate accounts insisting the teenager was “fighting for his life.”
There were also unconfirmed reports that others – including bodyguards – were injured in the crash.
Flight tracking data showed two aircraft leaving Grozny urgently, including a Russian state An-148-100EM flying hospital, which landed at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow at around 1.10am.
