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The confidant, Dmitry Medvedev Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev both hail from St Petersburg. (Reuters: Yekaterina Shtukina) 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.
Russia's 57-year-old prime minister would be a logical choice as successor, and not only because he would become the interim president should Putin step away before his term ends. An economist...
As Russian President Vladimir Putin's war against Ukraine falters eight months into the conflict, speculation is growing about who could replace the Russian leader should he be overthrown.
As governor of the Tula region, Dyumin does not have wide public visibility, but he has been tipped for years as possible Putin successor due to his close relationship with the president, including serving as his bodyguard.
Putin is widely expected to take up the position of chairman of the state council — a presidential advisory board that will be enshrined in the constitution and endowed with ill-defined powers to “determine the main directions of domestic, foreign and socio-economic policy.”
56 Kremlin says Putin’s eventual successor will be ‘different, but the same’ The successor of sitting Russian President Vladimir Putin will be very similar to him politically, the Kremlin...
Putin, who turns 70 on Friday, came to power himself through a quasi-legal succession process — appointed as deputy prime minister and then acting prime minister by President Boris Yeltsin, who ...