After Putin: 12 people ready to ruin Russia next
How the autocrat in the Kremlin could go — and who
might seek to replace him.
Douglas Busvine
https://www.politico.eu/article/after-putin-12-people-ready-ruin-russia-next/
Vladimir
Putin’s disastrous military adventure in Ukraine has raised the prospect that
his 22-year rule could be nearing its end. But will he go, or will he have to
be pushed?
Seven
months into the Russian president’s war of aggression, his troops have suffered
massive losses of men and equipment and are in headlong retreat in eastern
Ukraine. Putin’s order last week to mobilize hundreds of thousands of men has
descended into chaos, drawing rebukes even from his own propagandists and
political allies.
The
69-year-old autocrat rose to power in 2000, succeeding an ailing Boris Yeltsin
after championing Russia’s second war in Chechnya. The chances of his leaving
anytime soon are still remote, but it’s clear that the escalating fallout from
his military gamble is already loosening his viselike grip on power.
Read on to
explore the scenarios in which Putin’s reign could come to an end — and the
pretenders in line to replace him.(…)
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