We were preparing for “life after Putin”: what the struggle for power will be like in Russia

Preobrazhensky about the situation in Russia / Getty Images

Some representatives of the Kremlin regime are gradually preparing for life after Putin. The struggle for power can be bloody. And it’s hard to say who will win it.

Candidate of Political Sciences Ivan Preobrazhensky told Channel 24 about this, noting that back in 2020, and maybe a little earlier, some representatives of the regime had already begun to prepare for Russia after Putin. Sometimes these were quite aggressive methods – even to the point of creating so-called private armies.

Putin has a unique function in the system

As Preobrazhensky noted, people are preparing for the events that will occur after Putin’s death. It now has a unique function in the system.

If the “breeder” disappears, who calms conflicts between clans or often provokes them in order to calm them down later… He has a unique function in the system. He doesn't let anyone take it. So no one is ready enough to replace him. The threads are often only in his hands. Threads will affect individual clans. But as soon as Putin falls out of this system, it will immediately become unstable,” Preobrazhensky noted.

In this case, some clans will immediately try to squeeze others. And who exactly will win here is difficult to say now, because there are too many factors. Some have more influence over the army, others have more money; and someone may have more information.

Already now everything is gradually unfolding under Putin. One of these manifestations is strange riots in Dagestan, which could well have been organized by the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrova, in order to increase influence in the region.

The situation in Russia: briefly

• Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the Ukrainian military has destroyed more than 306 thousand invaders. Russia also lost 306,860 personnel, 5,293 tanks, 9,974 armored combat vehicles, and 7,410 artillery systems.
• Interestingly, in mid-October, PACE supported a resolution calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a dictator. And his regime is dictatorial.
• According to the Main Intelligence Directorate, Russia now has more than 800 missiles of various types. Read more in the 24 Channel material.