Adam Kadyrov has not appeared in public ten days after reports of the accident.

Eleven days after reports of a traffic accident involving Adam Kadyrov in Grozny, the third son of the head of Chechnya maintains a relatively low profile on social media, but has not posted any new images.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on January 25, the third son of the head of Chechnya published a video on social media in which he fires an automatic rifle into the air. The video was recorded during the warmer months and does not contain any up-to-date information on the whereabouts or condition of Adam Kadyrov, who has not appeared in public since the reported traffic accident on January 16.

Adam Kadyrov's Instagram account* maintains limited public activity ten days after reports of a serious accident in Grozny, but there are still no new images of the owner. Kadyrov Jr. posted two stories this morning and last night: at night, he posted an old photo of himself surrounded by security guards, and around midday, he reposted MMA fighter Zaur Usmayev's story with a thank-you note.

Usmayev, who won a fight at the ACA Young Eagles 62 tournament in Grozny on January 24, thanked Ramzan and Akhmat Kadyrov "for their constant support" in his account. Today, he posted a video filmed in the ring to his story. "Adam Ramzanovich Kadyrov always supports me, he's rooting for me. I want to dedicate this fight to him," Usmayev said in the post. Kadyrov praised the fighter in the repost, captioning it "The Best."

Ten hours earlier, at night, Adam Kadyrov posted another story, which can be interpreted as an appeal to both critics and allies. The image of Adam Kadyrov surrounded by security guards on the street, taken in warm weather, is accompanied by a recording of his father's voice, saying, "We will destroy our enemies, we will carry our friends in our arms." This is followed by the intro to Swedish hip-hop reggae artist Dr. Alban's "No Coke," with the lyrics, "2 o'clock on a Friday morning / Come a gunman, come a knife man."

Adam Kadyrov's accident sparks discussion of traffic safety in Chechnya

Residents of Chechnya familiar with the driving style of Adam Kadyrov and other relatives of the head of the republic note that they try to avoid any contact with them on the roads and prefer to stop until the motorcade passes. "Nobody wants to get even close, everyone just stands and waits," drivers say.

"This has long been a sore point in Chechnya. You might not have time to change lanes or even immediately understand what's happening. Motorcades don't stop at all, their speed is several times higher than the speed limit." "Kadyrov's children's motorcades behave extremely harshly – there have been cases where they literally pushed other cars off the road," one publication quotes Chechen residents as saying 1 .

Reports that the Chechen leader's son caused an accident in Grozny recalled other cases in which Kadyrov's associates caused traffic accidents and faced no punishment. The author of the Instagram* account myslisoseda, who identifies himself as a resident of the North Caucasus, suggested that the "permissiveness of 'Kadyrov's children' could be the 'last straw' and serve as a catalyst for mass unrest in the republic, whose population has long been 'in a vice.'" He also recalled that in 2018, another close relative of Kadyrov and a Chechen official was responsible for a traffic accident in Grozny, which killed an entire family and a child.

"Instead of a full investigation, expert assessments, and an open inquiry, a public scenario of 'reconciliation' almost immediately emerges (...) journalists and local residents talk about pressure, the confiscation of phones from witnesses, fear, and silence." “It’s important to remember this accident today in the wake of the new high-profile accident involving Adam Kadyrov,” the blogger noted. Most of the authors of the comments to the publication expressed the opinion that the culprits will be punished by God and will be held accountable “in the next world”; some, however, did not rule out that ordinary people might also remember their guilt. “Chechens will remember everything, they will definitely not forget, they will have to answer for everything,” wrote user zoorro32. “Blood feud has not been abolished,” noted ti.naa3786.

According to sources, the accident on January 16 is not the first for Adam Kadyrov. In September 2022, unofficial information appeared that Adam Kadyrov, then 14 years old, was involved in a serious accident with fatalities. “There is no investigation,” she wrote at the time in her The human rights organization "Vaifond" on its Telegram channel.

Athlete Khamzat Chimaev, whose name was also mentioned in connection with the new accident, posted a video on social media in early 2023 of Adam Kadyrov driving a car in the UAE. Driver's licenses in that country are issued at age 18, and Kadyrov was only 15 at the time.