“In recent days, the (Russian) media have been talking only about the actions and intentions of Sergei Kiriyenko.”
He looks more like a Western business technocrat than a dynamic leader, but he could be Russia’s next strongman. The reason for him Sergei Kiriyenko, who, according to Ukrainian media, is said to be “placing” himself … as Vladimir Putin’s successor in the Russian presidency at a time when gossip is intensifying for deteriorating health of the Russian President.
60-year-old Sergei Kiriyenko, who at the age of 35, became the 30th Prime Minister of the Russian Federation for a few months in 1998 on Boris Yeltsin (he is the youngest to take over the throne), is currently in charge of internal political affairs in the Russian presidency.
“The First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation Sergei Kiriyenko showed unprecedented activity during the events dedicated to the celebration of Russia Day. His mass presence in the media and the rhetoric he chose did not go unnoticed. Former Deputy Minister of Information Policy of Ukraine Dmitry Zolotukhin in an article on the Ukrainian website telegraf believes that in this way Kiriyenko, who oversees the Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine, (he) is promoted to the role of successor Putin “, while making similar” imperial reports “about Peter the Great with the Russian president.
“In recent days, the (Russian) media have been talking only about the actions and intentions of Sergei Kiriyenko, who became the new governor of the occupied territories,” said Zolotukhin.
Kirienko had visited last month Mariupol and the city of Volnovacha. The leader of the pro-Russian separatists, Dennis Pushilin, had stated that the visit of the Kremlin envoys meant for the citizens of the self-proclaimed Democratic Republic of Danetsk that “Russia has returned here forever.”
The only thing that is certain is that Kiriyenko, despite his alleged ambitions, remains a high-ranking Russian official, and certainly maintains better relations with Vladimir Putin than Mikhail Kasyanov.
Kasyanov, the first prime minister of his government Vladimir Putin says that even in his worst nightmares he could not imagine his former political boss ordering a military invasion of Ukraine …
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