Leader Liberal Democratic Party Vladimir Zhirinovsky listed possible future presidents of Russia. She announced the list during the program “Evening with Vladimir Soloviev ” on the TV channel “Russia 1 “, writes Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper .
In particular, the politician named the prime minister as possible successors of the current president Vladimir Putin a href=”https://m.lenta.ru/tags/persons/mishustin-mihail/” target = “_blank”> Mikhail Mishustin , Minister of Defense Sergei Shoygu , Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin , former prime minister Dmitry Medvedev , Governor of the Tula Region Alexey Dyumin , speaker State Duma Viacheslav Volodin , chapter Federation Council Valentina Matvienko .
“But at the same time, Zhirinovsky said, someone else will be the successor, hinting at himself,” he writes.
In November, the Chinese portal Sohu reported that a possible successor to Vladimir Putin on the post of president is the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov . In turn, Kadyrov previously called the talk about finding a successor for Putin inappropriate. In his opinion, there is no worthy replacement for Putin today.
Putin himself and those around him evasively answer questions about his successor. The President has repeatedly said that this issue should be decided by citizens. In an interview, he admitted that he has been thinking about a worthy candidate since 2000.
Putin previously allowed his participation in the next presidential elections in 2024.