Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, political commentators have consistently returned to the question of Putin's successor. Russia expert Andreas Umland foreshadows a potentially tumultuous transition, resulting in a new power regime. Whether this is more or less democratic than the current Putinist system, is difficult to predict.
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as who might be the most likely successor to vladimir putin? you know, that s.that s a very.that s a very poor game. is it? yeah. lots of people are doing it, though. you re going to be left behind as a kremlinologist if you don t say. you know, i don t. i m not afraid of being left behind as a kremlinologist, with all of my books and all of my knowledge. i know that, for example, as for now we have yury kovalchuk as the most influential person in russia. he is not the potential successor, but he is.he could be one of the kingmakers. he s the person who owns the presidential administration. his influence is really great. a number of so called siloviki, the people in charge of the security apparatus, they are.they are going to be the kingmakers. but obvious figures like prime minister mishustin, or deputy head of presidential administration kiriyenko,