Vladimir Putin underwent cancer surgery: who can replace him?

According to information from the New York Post, Russian President Vladimir Putin has cancer and will soon have to undergo surgery. An intervention that may keep him away from his duties for some time. In this context, the idea of ​​an interim president cannot be ruled out.

according to American dailyVladimir Putin must therefore transfer control of the government to Nikolai Patrushev, his former chief of the Federal Police.

It’s time for him to tackle his tummy or thyroid issues in particular, always according to the New York Post. However, this information has not been independently verified.

And in the Russian capital, it is categorically denied that the Kremlin strongman was ill.

Former KGB Agent

Like Vladimir Putin, 70-year-old Nikolai Patrushev was a former KGB agent in the 1970s.

After meeting Vladimir Putin in the KGB, Nikolai Patrushev was appointed head of this service before becoming a member of the Security Council in 2008.

Who is Nikolai Patrushev, the Russian who was said to be in charge while Putin was recovering from cancer? https://t.co/VG8Gb27AOG pic.twitter.com/MeWKYexKls

– New York Post (@nypost) May 2, 2022

Today, the man is the secretary of the Russian Security Council but is above all a loyal ally of the president. He is very influential and gives a lot of advice to Vladimir Putin on military and security issues in Russia.

American magazine Politico He was described as the “Kremlin’s hawk,” to describe his fiery nationalism, conspiratorial worldview, and vast experience in espionage.

strong ideology

During an interview with the Russian newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta, the current adviser to Vladimir Putin sharply criticized the United States and Europe, which he accused of supporting “neo-Nazi ideology” in Ukraine.

“Using their followers in Kyiv, the Americans, in an attempt to suppress Russia, decided to create an antithesis to our country, cynically choosing Ukraine, trying to divide essentially one people,” he remarkably declared.

Nikolai Patrushev also raised the possibility of Ukraine’s disintegration. “The result of the policies of the West and the Kyiv regime can only be the disintegration of Ukraine into several states.”