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In 2017, Russian historian and political analyst Valery Solovei asserted Vladimir Putin was about to resign for health-related reasons. [1] Putin did not resign. [1] In 2020, Solovei and others variously claimed that Putin had cancer, Parkinson's disease or leprosy and would imminently resign, a claim which also did not transpire.
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
The Russian military is top-heavy, with generals playing a larger role in day-to-day operations than in other militaries. [7] [85] Russian battalion commanders were given more authority only three years before the invasion. [13] According to analysts and Western officials, Russia had deployed approximately 20 general officers to Ukraine.
Navalny was poisoned with a nerve agent in 2020 — an attempt on his life that he blamed directly on Putin — and spent his final years behind bars as the Russian leader reshaped the country to ...
Complained of kidney pain at his home mansion overnight and died within hours after ambulances failed to arrive in time, due to the security service providing the wrong address. Cause of death officially diagnosed as a blood clot. His father, Igor Sechin, blamed the Rosneft security service. The Daily Beast called it "bizarre circumstances". [98]
The shows of machismo once associated with Vladimir Putin disappeared long ago from the Kremlin’s propaganda repertoire, replaced by carefully managed images that have only stoked questions ...
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Russia (1990–1991) Ivan Silayev: Himself: Yegor Gaidar: Viktor Chernomyrdin: 2 : Sergei Kiriyenko: Viktor Chernomyrdin: Yevgeny Primakov: Sergei Stepashin: Vladimir Putin: 2: Vladimir Putin Владимир Путин Born 1952 (age 72) 7 May 2000 – 7 May 2008 (acting from 31 December 1999) (8 years, 128 ...
An explosive claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin had suffered a heart attack spread across the globe this week, amplified by news outlets and social media users. The news didn’t come ...