A new video featuring Adam Kadyrov has failed to clarify his whereabouts.

A video of Adam Kadyrov practicing shooting appeared on his Instagram*; the abbreviation for the Russian Special Forces University is visible in the frame. The date of the recording is not specified, but Adam Kadyrov is wearing a T-shirt in the video.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," the motorcade of Ramzan Kadyrov's third son was involved in a traffic accident in Grozny. Adam Kadyrov and his entourage were injured, sources claim. Against this backdrop, on January 16, official media published a denial of the death of UFC champion Khamzat Chimaev in the accident. For six days, Chechen authorities neither confirmed nor denied reports of an accident involving Adam Kadyrov, nor has there been any official information about his condition. Amid the controversy surrounding his car accident in Grozny, Adam Kadyrov posted a story on his Instagram* account featuring a monologue from the series "Game of Thrones" and music by Chechen bard Timur Mutsuraev. A week after the news of the accident in Grozny, Adam Kadyrov has yet to appear in any recent videos. Publications featuring him in the accounts of Chechen officials and the stories of the third son of the head of Chechnya himself only underscore the lack of up-to-date information about his condition and whereabouts.

Sources reported an improvement in Adam Kadyrov's condition

A new video was published on Adam Kadyrov's Instagram page*, showing him at a shooting range in Russian Special Forces University. The third son of the Chechen leader is wearing a T-shirt with the word "13" written in black on a gold background, accompanied by a man in a light jacket and cap. The exact date of the video recording is not specified; it was published on the evening of January 23.

The video has garnered 430 comments. Most of them are encouraging emojis, many of them posted by users whose nicknames include the abbreviations Za_kra and k13.

"It's like they're trying to distract people from the accident that happened," commented ivanbourosh.

Caucasian Knot reader adan believes that "the manipulation of local officials and security forces by posting photos with Adam Kadyrov, as well as stories on his Instagram*, with photos and videos taken before the high-profile accident," suggests that Adam Kadyrov may have "serious health problems" following the accident. "The propaganda-fueled 'special cover-up operation,' according to some, speaks of mild panic at the top due to the current situation. The Kadyrov personality cult, stupidly cultivated for decades, has developed serious cracks. It turns out that the 'gods' are just ordinary people who, like everyone else, can get sick, get into serious accidents, and no amount of money, access to modern medicine, armored cars, numerous security guards, or escort motorcades can protect them. That's why the authorities are frantically trying to pretend nothing happened," he said. .

As a reminder, in recent years, serious traffic accidents involving relatives and close associates of the republic's head, Ramzan Kadyrov, have been recorded at least four times in Chechnya. 1 , as noted in the "Caucasian Knot" report "Accidents in Chechnya involving Kadyrov's men."

* Meta (owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) is banned in Russia.