Chechen leader Kadyrov and “Putin's chef” Prigozhin are trying to gain more and more power in Russia. To do this, they want to “remove” and poach the inner circle of the Russian dictator.
About this Channel 24political strategist Mikhail Sheitelman told. According to him, both Kadyrov and Prigozhin have political ambitions at the highest level. They do not have to dump Putin, but they want to enter his inner circle.
If conditionally Putin will just speak on TV, and Kadyrov and Prigogine will receive actual power, this situation suits them perfectly.
< p class="bloquote cke-markup">They are not fighting against Putin, but against those around us that we have seen before. Have you seen their Security Council? Putin and 20 people are sitting there. Neither Kadyrov nor Prigogine are among them. They are interested in these 20 people – who should be removed, who should be included in the team, – Sheitelman believes.
For example, Kadyrov is trying to take Moscow Mayor Sobyanin into his orbit. It is obvious that Prigozhin is also looking for a team.
The main goal is the content of the environment
As Sheitelman notes, earlier Putin's entourage had 20 conditional people who could at most advise something. They all fought for the attention of the dictator and tried to make him somehow pay attention to them. In the case of Kadyrov and Prigozhin, the situation will not work.
They will leave Putin only when he obeys their commands. Putin will work for them, not they for him,” Sheitelman said.
However, in the event of certain unrest, Putin also has a person who can oppose something to Kadyrov and Prigozhin. This is Zolotov, the head of the National Guard. There is also Patrushev representing the FSB. It is this special service that has very tense relations with Kadyrov and Prigozhin.
Let's add, according to Mikhail Sheitelman, Putin's influence in the Kremlin is decreasing due to regular failures in domestic and foreign policy. Against this background, other characters are intensifying, using this situation for their own self-promotion. Among them are Kadyrov and Prigozhin.
According to him, Prigozhin generally managed to make a public career in the last two months. And Putin now looks like a weak “male” who has lost his former strength.
