A future for Russia without Vladimir Putin is being discussed at the highest levels of Russian society, it is reported And talks of the President's removal and his potential successor are also taking place.
Sources close to the Kremlin said there is talk of Putin, who launched an invasion of neighbouring Ukraine back in February, being the cause of dissatisfaction among pro-war and anti-war factions. The reports come from Meduza, a Lativian news site, which cites senior business figures and members of the government as being discontented with the war and the resulting sanctions from the West, the Mirror reports.
Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin, former president Dmitry Medvedev and first deputy head of the presidential administration Sergei Kiriyenko are all favourites, and allies of Putin, to replace the President. The report says that while the discussions do not involve efforts to overthrow Putin "right now", there is a desire, that in a "fairly foreseeable future he will not govern the state".
