Overview
- Regional and opposition outlets say the 18-year-old was taken to a Grozny hospital on January 16 after a high-speed crash involving his motorcade.
- Sources cited by Kavkaz.Realii reported that access roads were blocked and the republican hospital in Grozny was closed to the public.
- NIYSO described multiple collisions in the convoy after an obstacle appeared, and opposition channels initially said his condition was serious.
- A later Kavkaz.Realii source said he regained consciousness and doctors were not concerned, with a transfer to Moscow reported but not officially confirmed.
- Flight data showed Ramzan Kadyrov’s jet and an Emergency Ministry medical aircraft landing in Moscow overnight, while state-aligned media offered no confirmation.