The prime minister would automatically become Russia’s leader in the interim but there are a number of big names with the potential to fill Putin’s shoes
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Western academic journals have continued to publish articles by President Vladimir Putin’s oldest daughter since Moscow's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the independent news outlet Mozhem Obyasnit reported Tuesday.