Who can replace Putin: ex-KGB agent named possible names

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Conversations continue with varying activity about potential successors to Vladimir Putin when he dies or is eliminated. Many people are aiming to replace the Russian dictator.

Ex-employee of the KGB and the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Zhirnov listed24 Channelwho can take Putin’s place.

“Anyone can replace Putin, because we On June 23–24, they became convinced that there was no president of Russia. When Prigozhin went, everyone hid in holes,” stated Zhirnov.

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So, the Russian dictator can be replaced by any government official:

• Head of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin;
• Head of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko;
• Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin;
• Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin;
• Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev;
• Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev.

What happened on 23– June 24

The head of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who has recently had a lot of conflicts with the Russian Ministry of Defense, declared a “march of justice” to the military leadership after an alleged attack on the rear of his mercenaries.

During the rebellion, the Wagnerites established control over Rostov-on-Don, Voronezh and several roads leading to Moscow. However, after a telephone conversation with Alexander Lukashenko, Prigozhin unexpectedly ended the “putsch.”

The militants, who refused to sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense, went to Belarus, where they strained the situation on the border with the EU countries.

The fate of the leader of the Wagnerites was unknown for a long time – Prigozhin recorded video messages, the veracity of which was in question. In the end, on the evening of August 23, exactly two months after the “coup” in Russia, Prigozhin crashed his own plane in the Tver region.

Putin scary in Russia and the world: latest news

• Against the backdrop of the rebellion of the late Prigozhin, the raid of Russian volunteers and the discontent of his own citizens, Putin decided to strengthen the National Guard. The dictator signed a law to equip his army with heavy equipment.
• Putin is so afraid of his citizens that for the second year in a row he canceled the “direct line” with them. We are talking about communicating with Russians live with answers to their questions.
• Back in the spring, the International Criminal Court in The Hague issued an arrest warrant for Putin for the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russian territory. Now the dictator is afraid to stick his nose out even to those countries that have not ratified the Rome Statute, such as Turkey.