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Foreign Affairs How Russia is preparing for the death of Ramzan Kadyrov. The successor must keep Chechnya under the control of the Kremlin.27 January 2026 Discussions about the future of Chechnya’s leadership have intensified in recent weeks, against the backdrop of increasingly insistent information about…
Foreign Affairs Putin, dynasty plans. The Kremlin leader wants to stay in power until almost 100 years old and to pass the baton to his secret son.4 November 2025 Vladimir Putin, 73 years old, seems determined to go down in history not only as one of the world’s longest-serving…