After Vladimir Putin was seen talking Monday with a person through the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow, rumors started circulating on social media that the person had been designated because the Russian president's successor.
Igor Sushko, a Ukrainian race automobile driver, shared a clip on Twitter exhibiting Putin talking with the person. The tweet stated his identify was Dmitry Kovalev, "head of the presidential administration division," however famous that this was unconfirmed. The tweet added that there have been rumors the person had been handpicked to succeed Putin.
Whereas the person's id has not been verified, the rumors that he would possibly succeed Putin have raised questions on who may comply with the longtime president. Different rumors that Putin, 69, is affected by some type of ailment amid the strains of the Russia-Ukraine struggle have made such questioning appear much more pressing.
Putin has voiced ideas on his potential successor a number of instances in recent times, although he has by no means indicated when he could forgo looking for reelection. He first took the workplace in 1999 after President Boris Yeltsin resigned and appointed Putin, who was prime minister, the performing president. Putin was elected to the workplace in 2000 after which reelected in 2004, however he needed to step down in 2008 due to a time period restrict.
Whereas his then-successor, Dmitry Medvedev, served as president, Putin once more served as prime minister till 2012, when he was reelected president. He was reelected once more in 2018 and can be up for reelection once more in 2024 if he chooses to run.
Final yr, Putin signed a regulation that will permit him to stay in energy till 2036 if he decides to hunt two extra six-year phrases, The Guardian reported.
In 2018, Putin stated throughout a TV call-in present that he's "all the time pondering" about his potential successor, in line with the Related Press. He added that it might be as much as Russian voters to decide on a brand new president and stated that he thinks about readying "a brand new era of younger managers" who can take the management reins.
Final yr, in an interview with NBC, Putin stated that he can be prepared to assist somebody who's trustworthy to Russia, even when that particular person has criticized him.
"You realize, I've linked my total life, my total destiny, to the destiny of my nation to such an extent that there is not a extra significant aim in my life than the strengthening of Russia," Putin stated, in line with an interview transcript from the Kremlin's web site.
"If anyone else, and if I see that particular person, even when that particular person is essential of some areas of what I've been doing, if I can see that that is a person who has constructive views, that she or he is dedicated to this nation and is ready to sacrifice his total life to this nation, nor just a few years, regardless of his private angle to me, I'll ensure that, I'll do the whole lot to verify, that such individuals will get assist," he added.
Later in 2021, Putin was much less aware of questions on a successor in an interview with CNBC. He instructed the community that speak about his successor "destabilizes" Russia's political system and stated he had not but made any choices about what he would do sooner or later, in line with Agence France-Presse.
"The state of affairs should be secure and secure to ensure that energy buildings and state buildings to work in a assured method and look calmly in the direction of the long run," he stated.
"I favor to not reply these questions," he added. "There's loads of time earlier than the following elections."
Newsweek reached out to the Kremlin for remark.
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