Newsweek reports on who could replace Putin

The Kremlin is discussing likely successors if Putin is eliminated or removed from power. This is reported by Newsweek.

Newsweek, citing its sources, writes that Putin is ill and underwent serious treatment for cancer in March 2022. Therefore, during his trips abroad he is replaced by a double. According to the publication, the fake Putin has been to Kyrgyzstan and China. The head of China knew that the Russian was fake, but accepted the rules of the game.

At the same time, the Kremlin is thinking that sooner or later Putin will have to be replaced by another person.

Newsweek journalists note that Patrushev, who was previously named as a likely successor is no longer in Putin's favourites.

Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev has already said that Putin is dreaming and has given a clear order to ignore the president's will. Putin, when proposing Mishustin as a successor, did not mention a word about Nikolai Patrushev, who is not yet the first man in the state, but not the second either. The situation is heating up," the newspaper writes.

It should be noted that a number of political analysts believe that the potential successors to the current Russian president, Vladimir Putin, could be the deputy chairman of the Security Council, Dmitriy Med vedev, the son of Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, Dmitriy, and the governor of the Tula Region, Aleksey Dyumin (Putin's former security guard).