"He was popular when Putin was not yet in politics": Croatian press about Shoigu as a possible next president of Russia

18 September 2021 16

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has the greatest chances of becoming the heir to President Vladimir Putin and leading the country, writes the Croatian edition of Advance.

Putin became president of the Russian Federation in 2000, when the world was still different. Then the terrorists had not yet attacked the United States, the American military had not appeared in Afghanistan and Iraq, and relations between Washington and Moscow were good when compared with today. Of course, they were not ideal, in any case, the United States considered Russia a state that did not pose a threat, therefore, it comprehensively developed relations. Tension arose later, the newspaper writes.

Then in the West, few people cared how democratic the elections of the head of state in Russia were. It was enough that Putin won, and not his communist rival Gennady Zyuganov. Relations began to deteriorate after the master of the Kremlin came up with the idea to revive Great Russia, so that, even if it is a capitalist country, it would not run errands for Western states.

The tension grew gradually. In 2008, this was influenced by Georgia, in 2014 - by Ukraine, and in 2015 - by Syria. Since then, there has been only a deterioration in relations between the West and the Russian Federation. The maximum one can hope for is a mutual pragmatic approach, but subject to a weakening of the United States.

Today, 68-year-old Putin has further strengthened his position by changing the constitution, and now, if he wants, he can stay in power until 2036. However, Putin's popularity is not as great as it was before. Therefore, some experts think that Putin will not rule until the specified time, but will name his successor. There are all sorts of assumptions about candidates. But most often referred to as Sergei Shoigu, an associate of the Russian leader. Moreover, in his native Tuva (as they say in Croatia - "Russian Mongolia"), some consider him to be the reincarnation of a mythical military leader.

He was popular in Russia when Putin was not yet at political arena

- explains the publication.

As the Croatian observer writes, Shoigu is not just a suitable candidate - he is the second most popular politician in the Russian Federation, i.e. favorite heir. He headed the Moscow region, was the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, and today he is running for elections to the State Duma in the ranks of the ruling United Russia party, whose authority has been shaken. There is practically no doubt that thanks to Shoigu, the popularity of this political force will increase.

Shoigu is heard today in Russia and in the world. He appears frequently with Putin during his break from politics. These two love to spend time in nature. In the foreground, the President, followed by the loyal Minister of Defense, summed up the media from Croatia.

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Petr Vladimirovich

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18 September 2021 14: 57

Shoigu headed the Moscow region

Fine...
1. Petr Vladimirovich
  
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  18 September 2021 20: 30
  
  Croatian little-witted stupidity wrote, three on the backing
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Igor Pavlovich

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18 September 2021 17: 48

Previously, Medvedev ran as an Italian greyhound, now Shoigu is still the same, only the breed is different and with the same result ...
1. Petr Vladimirovich
  
  +1
  
  18 September 2021 20: 40
  
  Of course, you know better from Zhmerinka
steelmaker

-1

18 September 2021 20: 27

Why was it reset to zero? Putin will go to civil war, but will not give up power !!!
shiva

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18 September 2021 22: 56

And I'm not against Kozhugetich. And what - let's look at the 20th century - the Russian dynasty, greatly diluted over the centuries of marriages by Austrian blood, has degenerated. Then came the Russian-Tatar Ulyanov, surrounded by militant Jews - global transformations, the country is transforming, survived civil and famine, raised the NEP, and with it the economy, powerful projects such as GOELRO and the elimination of illiteracy. But too much bureaucracy in party circles got divorced because of the Jews - Dzhugashvili came, a Georgian, who, like a hardened thief in law, brought order and rushed the country towards further transformations - in the five-year period we turned from an agrarian country into an industrial one. He won the second world war, by the creation of an atomic bomb, following the amers, he prevented the third.
And then - the crest, who plowed up the virgin soil and sowed it with corn, which greatly depletes the land, the Caribbean crisis, done not in our favor, almost again led to the third world, etc. Then another crest - the proliferation of bureaucracy and stagnation. Then another crest - the collapse of the Union, the world global power, which was really feared, and then written off to the closet.
And now the Russian is raking up all this inheritance - and again raises the country from its knees. But slowly is not a revolution. I see that in 20 years life has really become better. And many see only momentary actions.
No, we don't need more Ukrainians, let the Chukchi rule everything - it will be better.
And the Russian-Tatars with the Jews are not necessary - I do not want revolutions. Well, maybe there is another Russian?
Py.sy. I am not at all a nationalist and the indication of the nationalities of the rulers made sense only in the fact that - and how did they care for the country that he was entrusted with ruling? If Stalin really considered everything his own and tried to do better, the result was. If Khrushchev considered everything to be his field of experiments, and Gorbachev did not consider anything to be his own ...
1. Miffer
  
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  19 September 2021 04: 21
  
  And then - the crest, who plowed the virgin soil and sowed it with corn
  
  Nikitka was a native of the Kursk province of the Russian Empire.
  And when he was born, there was not even such a concept "crest".
  
  And the second thing. Nikitka sowed virgin lands with wheat. And then he flew to "damn America", where he learned about corn. And now he has already ordered to plant corn in the Arctic Circle.
  1. Valery Vinokurov
    
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    20 September 2021 10: 21
    
    It's good to lie
    Do you at least remember hunger when the bread was gone, liar?
    And respect to Shiva, I painted everything correctly and cleverly, no matter how you, Russophobes, proceed)
2. Cherry
  
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  19 September 2021 12: 53
  
  The great-great-grandfather on the mother's side was Itsko Blanca, who lived in Starokonstantinov in Volyn. And the great-grandfather of the future revolutionary was called Moisey Itskovich Blank, he was a merchant
  
  After moving to the capital, Lenin's grandfather, Alexander Dmitrievich, who, like his brother, trained to be a doctor, found himself a wife - Anna Grossshopf. Her father, Johann Grossshopf, moved to St. Petersburg at the end of the 18th century and here married Anna Karlovna Estedt, a thoroughbred Swede.
  
  So both the Swedes and the Germans were in the Ulyanov family.
3. Valery Vinokurov
  
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  20 September 2021 10: 23
  
  Well done, Ivan, respect
  I painted everything correctly and cleverly, read it with pleasure
shiva

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18 September 2021 23: 20

And if you remember Yeltsin, then one of his phrases - and why the heck to us Sevastopol, if all the remaining ships fit in Kronstadt ... In general, without comments about his thoughts about the development and greatness of the country ...
Miffer

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19 September 2021 04: 15

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has the greatest chances of becoming the heir to President Vladimir Putin and leading the country,

God! Deliver and save!
1. Valery Vinokurov
  
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  20 September 2021 10: 27
  
  You pray rightly
  Then a white and fluffy scribe will come to visit you))
  Do you feel)
alexey alexeyev

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19 September 2021 09: 08

They are afraid of the bastard that Shoigu could become president ... that's why stuff like that ...
1. Petr Vladimirovich
  
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  19 September 2021 13: 34
  
  Croatia during the war years was the Hitler's staunchest ally.
  The Ustash committed atrocities no worse than the UPA, which first staged the Lviv and then Volyn massacres
  And their descendants are multiplying on our Russian forum ...
Radziminsky Victor

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19 September 2021 23: 24

Shoigu cannot be President, because he is "zero" in foreign policy. Unfortunately.
Shoigu - maybe the Prime Minister, he is immersed in internal Russian affairs.
Captain stoner

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20 September 2021 08: 38

He was popular when Putin was not yet in politics

It became popular because of self-promotion and self-promotion;
in much the same way, Baron von Munchausen pulled himself and his horse out of the swamp by his own pigtail.