Is Chechnya's Ramzan Kadyrov seriously ill? Here's what reports say

48-year-old Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechen leader and Putin ally, has been urgently hospitalized in Moscow after reportedly pleading with President Putin to let him resign. Popular as Putin’s “wardog,” Kadyrov expressed allegations of human rights abuses and has a history of critical health concerns, that includes “pancreatic necrosis,” though he insists he is “absolutely healthy.”