Currently, there are rumours that the Russian President has
suffered a cardiac arrest in his bedroom, months after Kremlin was forced to
deny that he had soiled himself.
If Putin were to die or abruptly step down, the Russian
Federation Council would have 14 days to call early presidential elections. If
it fails to act, the Central Election Commission would call it, while Prime
Minister Mikhail Mishustin would serve as acting president in the interim.
Mishustin is considered by some however to unlikely option to
become a permanent placement, given his lack of popularity with Putin’s inner
circle of ‘yes men’.
According to the BBC, Mishustin had the “unenviable task of
rescuing the economy but has little say over" the Russia-Ukraine war, with
sources close to the Kremlin saying he was unaware of Putin’s intentions for a
full-scale invasion.
The Political Eye
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