The entourage of Russian President Vladimir Putin is beginning to realize that Russia is not able to win the war with the current leader, and therefore they are looking for a replacement, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Alexei Danilov said in an interview with Channel 24.

“The question of Putin in Russia is almost closed. Some already know the name of the person who will work there after Putin,” Danilov said..

Representatives of the Ukrainian authorities have their own assumptions about what will happen next in Russia and who can become Putin's successor, says the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, but does not disclose details yet.

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Putin has gone to great lengths to sideline rivals and rewrite the constitution to stay in power.. The likelihood that he will voluntarily give way to a new leader is small, but already insignificant. According to Politico, among Putin's potential successors is Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.; Deputy Security Council of the Russian Federation and former President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev; Governor of the Tula Region, General Alexei Dyumin.