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- So Will Vladimir Putin Leave His Post?
There was a time when Dmitry Medvedev's future as Putin's successor was assured. Like all those in the Kremlin inner circle, Medvedev hailed from Putin's hometown of St Petersburg. He was also, it seems, happy to eternally remain the Robin to Putin's Batman. "Putin liked Medvedev's lack of ambition," Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar wrote in his bo...
Given Putin's tendency towards machismo, it is perhaps fitting that a suitable replacement may be the man who claims to have once saved him from a brown bear. Alexei Dyumin served as one of Putin's personal security officers from the moment he became acting prime minister in 1999. According to the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, D...
But the man who has recently emerged as the most likely contender bears a striking resemblance to Putin himself. A spymaster and political operative who shares the president's contemptuous view of the West, Nikolai Patrushev has carved out a similar path to power. Like Putin, Patrushev grew up in St Petersburg and joined the KGB as a young security...
While Putin may be closer to the brink than ever before, it's not yet clear if a power transition in Russia is imminent. The circumstances in which Putin leaves office and the person who rises to replace him may depend on many factors. Whether it's a voluntary abdication, a medical emergency or a palace coup, a different contender emerges as the fr...
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Mar 21, 2024 · Putin’s Successor Could Be Hiding in Plain Sight. Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting via video conference at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, Feb. 8, 2023 (Sputnik photo by Grigory ...
Times Radio. 767K subscribers. 377K views 3 weeks ago Frontline | The War in Ukraine and Global Security. ...more. Putin's successor is likely to start a process of "de-Putinisation" starting...
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Mar 16, 2024 · This weekend, Vladimir Putin will win another election as Russia’s president. The election will, of course, be rigged in Putin’s favor, just as all of his past elections have been, but Putin ...
Jan 29, 2020 · By Alec Luhn. MOSCOW — The race to become the next Russian president has already begun. The constitutional changes Vladimir Putin announced earlier this month raised more questions than they answered, but they suggest he will have to choose someone to replace him when his term in the presidency ends in 2024.
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Nov 17, 2023 · Russia’s Next President Will Be ‘Just Like Putin,’ Kremlin Says. President Vladimir Putin’s successor will be nearly identical to his predecessor, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said ...
