"Fate resolved in advance": Russia named the terms when Putin may lose power
According to him, the political influence of Vladimir Putin decreased significantly after a number of military failures of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine. Mikhail Kasyanov believes that the fate of the current presidential regime has been decided in advance - the Kremlin's head will be able to retain power for a year and a half until the next elections, which will take place in 2024.
In addition, there is a scenario for which Vladimir Putin can lose the chair of the President of Russia before. Kasyanov does not exclude that the Kremlin's head will have his powers at his own request much earlier, after 6 months. According to the expression minister, such a scenario is possible if Moscow capitals in the war against Ukraine, and then the President will perform the duties of the President, who must appoint early presidential elections.
Putin, according to Kasyanov, in this case will have to "prepare in advance" and choose the prime minister "the right person". Another scenario is the completion of Putin's presidential term in March 2024 and his automatic resignation. Kasyanov believes that this option will necessarily occur, since the current regime of the Kremlin is already destroyed from the inside and is not viable in the future. "The regime is already spreading, it is open.
People dream - all vertical, especially Moscow, federal vertical - they dream that all this has broken down as soon as possible, and they run around the corners, hid from the possible retribution of each of them. Therefore, the fate of the regime is resolved in advance. This is a matter of time - it will be half a year, a year or a half, "Kasyanov summarized in an interview with Bild. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky had previously hinted at the Kremlin's possible coup in the Kremlin.