President of Russia Vladimir Putin has not yet determined about his participation in the presidential elections of Russia in 2018. Meanwhile, the Kremlin is actively discussing candidates for possible successors to Putin, the sources refer to up to ten of the names of the candidates in question.

This is written by the Russian publication "Moskovsky Komsomolets".

The publication cites a loud statement by one of the participants in the forthcoming presidential campaign, the head of the LDPR party, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who is considered aware of the processes taking place in the Kremlin.

"According to the leader of the LDPR, we must prepare for surprises:" He likes to make the original move ". It is still unknown, the LDPR leader intrigues, whether Putin will go to the elections himself or he will be replaced by another "representative of the Kremlin group". In this case, the casting of reserve candidates, according to his information, is in full swing: "There are ten people there". "All decisions will be taken in December," Zhirinovsky predicts.. - Under the New Year's gift will be, "- says the publication.

The publication notes that sources as successors are most often called Dmitry Medvedev and Alexei Dumin, the current governor of the Tula region, and in the recent past - the commander of the Special Operations Forces of the RF Armed Forces (in a slightly more distant - presidential guard), because "the first frame is checked in political Battles, the second - including in real battles "(Dyumin oversaw the annexation of Crimea by Russia - Ed..

"In the same context, the names of Sergei Ivanov (the head of the Security Council of the Russian Federation - Ed.. ), Sergei Shoigu (Defense Minister), Sergei Lavrov (Foreign Minister), Vyacheslav Volodin (Chairman of the State Duma), Yuri Trutnev (Deputy Prime Minister), Anton Vaino (head of the presidential administration) and, oddly enough, Sergei Kirienko (first deputy head Presidential administration). However, the last two - the chief of the Kremlin administration and his first deputy - informed sources suggest to consider more likely as candidates for premieres, "reads the article.

"On the bench there are also, according to rumors, two grand ladies: the head of the Accounts Chamber Tatyana Golikova and the chairman of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina. They say that Vladimir Vladimirovich is very impressed by the successes of Elvira Sahipzadovna, but Golikova has long been in his favorites. Both, true, like Vaino, are considered today primarily as potential hosts of the White House (candidates for the role of prime minister - Ed.. ) ", - writes the edition.

Information on Putin's successor was commented on by the famous Russian political scientist Stanislav Belkovsky.

"If Putin has health problems, the alternative options, according to information to date, are Dmitry Medvedev and Alexei Dyumin, the governor of the Tula region. The latter not only annexed the Crimea (in 2014 Dumin was commander of the Special Operations Forces of the Russian Armed Forces, who played a key role in annexation - Ed.. ), Which, of course, is a great merit in the eyes of Putin, but, as is known, and saved Vladimir Vladimirovich from the bear. And, knowing how Vladimir Vladimirovich loves animals, he did not kill the predator, which would be the most obvious decision, but simply forced him to leave (according to the story of Dumin himself, who worked for a long time in the presidential guard, during Vladimir Putin's stay at some distant object "To the entrance to the house where the president spent the night, a big bear came up - Dumin scared the beast away with a pistol-ed.)," Belkovsky said..

At the same time, the expert advised not to rush to conclusions about Dmitry Medvedev.

"He, I remember, was once written off from accounts - in 2007. And then he suddenly became president. I only ask you not to interpret my words as a statement that Medvedev will become a successor. No, I'm not saying this. I'm simply saying that he is not excluded from a possible list of successors. Despite the plume of related scandals and even thanks to him. This train only strengthens Medvedev's position, since Putin loves people who have scoffed "in the name of the Lord," that is, himself, "- added the Russian political scientist.

As reported by the "Observer", earlier Russian publicist Leonid Radzikhovsky explained in detail why Vladimir Putin hesitates about his participation in the election of the head of the Russian Federation.

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