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Putin’s (grey) Heir Apparent?

Putin’s (grey) Heir Apparent?

Is this the face of Russia’s next president? According to a report quoted in today’s Moscow Times, Moscow mayor Sergey Sobyanin has become the favorite to succeed Putin in 2018. Sobyanin? “Sobyanin is a figure who could please both the main tycoons in the energy industry and those who took part in dividing the spoils inherited from [former Mayor Yury] Luzhkov’s Moscow,” […]

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