Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov shows off workout amid health rumours

Independent Russian media outlet claims strongman was diagnosed with pancreatic necrosis in 2019

Chechnya’s strongman leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, has published a workout video in an apparent move to scotch rumours of illness after a media report claimed that his health was rapidly deteriorating.

Novaya Gazeta Europe, an independent Russian outlet, published a report on Monday that said Kadyrov was diagnosed with pancreatic necrosis in 2019, a severe condition characterised by the death of pancreatic tissue.