The 2018 presidential election today is perhaps the most important and expected event. Political scientists and political analysts in Russia and around the world are actively discussing and debating on the topic “Who will take the presidency?”.
For our country, in the conditions of an aggravated economic and political situation (both external and internal), this event will become truly fateful. According to most experts, the Russians are conservative by nature, which means that if it is possible to choose Putin again, they will certainly do it again. However, there is absolutely no guarantee that he will enter this "race." But Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin has a sufficient number of successors who will be able to take his place and with dignity to continue, and possibly even improve, his policy.
We suggest you familiarize yourself with the most “profitable” of Putin's 20 likely successors identified by experts Petersburg Policy Foundation.
5. Valentina Matvienko
Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko is one of the most striking and significant people in the domestic political space. She is also called the leader of survival in politics, and this is not just so.
Starting from the position of the Komsomol district committee, they firmly and decisively climbed the career ladder. Valentina Ivanovna is a strong, wise politician. The first persons of the state listen to it. Today she is the Chairman of the Federation Council, a permanent member of the Security Council. Colleagues speak of her as an active and fair person who fights for every social object, for every share of the budget.
Matvienko devotes most of his attention to social policy: the problems of low-income citizens and people with disabilities. Obviously, all her countless orders and medals are absolutely deserved and cannot be challenged. Fund experts give her 16 points
4. Sergey Shoigu
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu is perhaps the most authoritative politician right after Vladimir Vladimirovich. It is inconceivable that for over 20 years he has been the permanent Minister of Civil Defense.
Many believe that Shoigu’s services to the Fatherland are not so significant as to have such high-profile titles as “Hero of Russia”. However, the facts suggest otherwise. When asked what helps him to stay in such high political posts for so long, he always answers that he loves his job and is completely devoted to it.
Indeed, over the years of his chairmanship in the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia, and for a not so long time as minister of the military department, Shoigu established everywhere the most severe discipline, created in the minds of the people an image of a strong and noble rescuer and military man, which, of course, is worth a lot. 17 points were awarded by his experts.
3. Alexey Dyumin
Probably the most “unexpected” candidate for the alleged successors to the head of state is on the third line of our rating. Experts attribute the possibility of such an outcome to the high level of confidence of the current President in Alexei Dyumin, the governor of the Tula region.
As governor, Dyumin already had a wealth of managerial experience. As an officer of the Federal Security Service, called upon to protect the first persons of the state, he built a very good career and entered the circle of Putin's close associates. It is worth noting that once Dumin was in the position of deputy Shoigu in the Ministry of Defense.
It can be attributed to his merits that every year the Tula region confidently rises in the ranking of socio-economic development of Russian regions. Experts give Dumin 19 points.
2. Sergey Sobyanin
The main merit of Sobyanin is that he achieved everything on his own. He did not have rich parents, influential people in the environment. Starting with the work of the master at the Chelyabinsk tube rolling plant, he rose to the post of mayor of Moscow.
Although his famous renovation and beautification projects are a universal object of criticism by experts and ordinary people, they definitely contribute to the transformation of the city, and only the blind will not agree with this. In the ranking, Sobyanin was given 19 points, like the previous candidate.
1. Dmitry Medvedev
Medvedev is the most popular person of all political figures in the Russian media. A huge role here was played by his famous dances, falling asleep at the most important state meetings and events, and many other “pearls” of our prime minister. And after the sensational documentary of the Anti-Corruption Fund of Alexey Navalny “He is not for you Dimon” and other information attacks in the direction of Dmitry Anatolyevich, the negative opinion of the population behind him only strengthened.
Nevertheless, taking the post of head of the Government of the Russian Federation, Medvedev does a truly global and strong work for the good of our country, and also enjoys great confidence from the president. Dmitry Medvedev receives 21 points from experts in his "piggy bank", which makes him Putin's most likely successor in the ranking.
Not many analysts decide to make any forecasts, because before the election there is still time for which everything can change dramatically, from the list of applicants to the mood of the people. Therefore, we, ordinary citizens, can only watch each of the possible presidential candidates and wait for the day when we can make our choice.
