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Coronavirus: Chechen leader Kadyrov 'healthy' after Covid scare
May 28, 2020
The powerful leader of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has told an interviewer "I'm absolutely healthy", without denying reports that he was rushed to Moscow last week with suspected coronavirus.
An Instagram video on Wednesday showed a cheerful Mr Kadyrov being interviewed in a park by local state-run Grozny TV.
Earlier he was seen on TV chairing a government meeting on the coronavirus emergency measures in Chechnya.
A catheter was spotted on his right hand, but mostly the hand was hidden.
The Russian opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta says footage where the catheter was clearly visible was later taken down from the Grozny TV Instagram page, which is run by his aide, Akhmed Dudayev.
Ramzan Kadyrov: Putin's key Chechen ally
At that government meeting on Tuesday some of Mr Kadyrov's aides wore masks and none was sitting close to him. He kept his right hand hidden under the desk most of the time. They described the coronavirus situation in Chechnya as "stable".
Image copyright 1tv.ru screenshot Image caption In most of the clip on Russian state TV Ramzan Kadyrov had his right hand hidden
Last week, Russian news agencies reported that Mr Kadyrov - a key ally of President Vladimir Putin - had been flown to a Moscow hospital from the North Caucasus republic, as he was suspected to have Covid-19.
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