Putin’s ex -friend declared most serious contender for post of president of Russia

In the Russian Federation there is a person who can replace President Vladimir Putin.

The most serious “applicant” is the Secretary of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev, said the former Russian banker, ex-ginge by Pod, Sergey Pugachev in an interview with Ukrainian journalist Dmitry Gordon.

“… Of course there is (a person who can replace Putin, – Ed.). Simple, I think there are a lot of people in a low start. But of these particularly bright ones, I mean the bright ones not in the sense of objective, And the brightest in the media field, well, I see this Patrushev today very actively … writes articles in newspapers both so on and so on … “, the source said.

According to him, before, who would take the presidency, depended on Putin himself, and therefore Medvedev appeared (Deputy Head of the Council of People’s Commissars Dmitry Medvedev, was the president of Russia from May 2008 to May 2012 – Ed.), And today this Depends on the will of the “applicant”.

“… And here is the most serious applicant, the person who controls the power unit is Patrushev, of course …”, the ex -banker added.

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