Rating of the most likely successors to Putin

2018 presidential election by far are perhaps the most important and anticipated 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 context of the aggravated economic and political situation (both external and internal), this event will become truly fateful. According to most experts, Russians are by nature conservatives, which means that if there is an opportunity to elect Putin again, they will certainly do it again. However, there are absolutely no guarantees 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 continue with dignity, and perhaps even improve, his policy.

We invite you to familiarize yourself with the most "cost-effective" of 20 likely successors to Putin, identified by experts of the Petersburg Politics Foundation.

5. Valentina Matvienko

Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko is one of the brightest and most significant persons in the domestic political space. She is also called the leader of "survival in politics", and this is not just that.

Starting from the position of the district committee of the Komsomol, 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 pays most attention to social policy: the problems of low-income citizens, disabled people. It is obvious that all of 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 merits to the Fatherland are not so significant to have such high-profile titles as "Hero of Russia". However, the facts suggest otherwise. When asked what helps him to hold such high political positions for so long, he always replies that he loves his job and gives himself entirely to it.

Indeed, during the years of his chairmanship in the Emergencies Ministry of Russia, and for a not so long term as minister of the military department, Shoigu established the most severe discipline everywhere, created in the minds of the people the image of a strong and noble rescuer and military man, which, of course, is worth a lot. Experts awarded him 17 points.

3. Alexey Dyumin

Probably the most "unexpected" candidate for the supposed successor to the head of state is on the third line of our rating. Experts associate the possibility of such an outcome of events with the high level of confidence of the current President in Alexei Dyumin, the governor of the Tula region.

While holding the post of governor, Dyumin already had rich managerial experience.As an officer of the Federal Security Service, designed to protect the top officials of the state, he built a very good career and entered the circle of Putin's close associates. It is worth noting that Dyumin once held the post of Deputy Shoigu in the Ministry of Defense.

Among his merits, one can count the fact that every year the Tula region is confidently rising in the rating of the socio-economic development of Russian regions. The experts "endow" Dyumin with 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 around him. Starting from the work of a foreman at the Chelyabinsk pipe-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 disagree with this. In the rating, 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 mass media space. A huge role 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 film of the Anti-Corruption Foundation Alexei Navalny "He's not Dimon for you" and other information attacks towards Dmitry Anatolyevich, the negative opinion of the population for him only strengthened.

Nevertheless, while holding the post of the 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 in the president. Dmitry Medvedev gets 21 points from experts in his "piggy bank", which makes him the most likely successor to Putin in the ranking.

Not many analysts dare to make any predictions, because there is still time before the elections, during which everything can radically change, from the list of candidates to the mood of the people. Therefore, we, ordinary citizens, can only observe each of possible presidential candidates and wait for the day when we can make our choice.