There is information that Putin may appoint Prigozhin as Russian Defense Minister instead of Shoigu. However, Prigozhin's influence is already so great that he can decide who Putin will be, and not obey him.
Political strategist Mikhail Sheitelman told about this Channel 24. Earlier, Russian opposition journalist Igor Yakovenko explained why Kadyrov and Prigozhin need Putin.
The Security Council does not make personnel decisions
Sheitelman noted that the Security Council does not make personnel decisions. In particular, the composition of the Security Council of Russia does not include names, but positions. Therefore, it does not matter who will be the Minister of Defense, the mayor of Moscow. Regarding the replacement of Shoigu with Prigozhin, it is not clear why Prigozhin needs this. He has his own army. He is one of the most influential people in Russia.
It is Prigozhin who is more likely to appoint Putin to someone than Putin Prigozhin. The picture is everything. Putin seems to be sitting in the same chair, with the same flag in the background, and he is wearing the same suit that he was at the beginning of the war. However, this is a different Putin. This is not the Putin who decides everything, appoints someone. It's all different now. The weight of Putin's cook is comparable to Putin himself, the political strategist noted.
Putin understands the situation
He continued that Putin understands the situation, therefore he is trying to bribe Prigogine. He is a hero of Russia three times, but the billionaire is not interested in the post of minister. Serious people in Russia do not go to the ministers. Prigogine does not want power in this construction, he is interested in the next one. He wants to remove everyone except Putin, his entourage, members of the Security Council, etc.
“In the new structure, Prigozhin can become anyone, even the Minister of Defense, at least anyone. And to fit into this one is to lose. This is the design of losers that lost the war. Personally, Prigozhin is now the winner. It was he who captured Severodonetsk, Popasnaya, Ruby. Bakhmut, and all the rest sit on the defensive without success. Nobody wants to leave this structure now,” Sheitelman stressed.
The struggle for financial and power resources
The political consultant added that Prigozhin and Kadyrov did not come to replace anyone, but to remove them. Individuals can pick up their team. However, they need to remove those who control financial resources. In particular, the leaders of Rosneft, Gazprom, banks, etc. They must take away a huge financial resource.
They need to remove the power resource so that the military does not “pick”. When they remove it for themselves, then they will become the new government. The era of influencing those who can influence Putin is over. Now not so. He made the decision to mobilize not because he needed it, but because he lost to Prigozhin in mobilization,” he stressed.
Sheitelman on what the new political structure of Russia will be like: watch the video
Long prep, fast process
According to Sheitelman, the change of power usually takes a long time to prepare, but it happens quickly. One can recall how this happened with Gorbachev when he was in charge, and then abruptly ceased to be in charge. These changes accumulate for a long time, and then a splash occurs. Just like it was with the de-occupation of Kharkiv region. The military planned it for a long time, but the operation itself lasted several days.
“So, Kadyrov and Prigozhin are working right now. They are preparing systemic changes,” summed up the political strategist.
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