Post by Roberto Lafforgue

🇷🇺☦️🐻#Sergeilvanov, one of the last surviving architects of Vladimir #Putin's original inner circle, has died at the age of 73. A former #KGB officer from Leningrad, Ivanov served as Russia's Defence Minister (2001–2007), Security Council Secretary, Deputy Prime Minister, and later Chief of the Presidential Administration. In the mid-2000s, he was widely regarded as #Putin's most probable #successor before the Kremlin ultimately selected Dmitry #Medvedev instead. Russian authorities have announced his death but, as of now, have not publicly disclosed a definitive cause, fueling speculation while providing no verified evidence beyond official condolences. #Ivanov's passing symbolizes the gradual disappearance of the original #siloviki #generation that consolidated post-Soviet Russia under Putin. More than the end of a political career, it marks the fading of an era built on personal loyalty, intelligence networks, and shared #KGB origins-raising inevitable questions about #succession, institutional resilience, and the future composition of power within the #Kremlin as #Putin himself enters his seventy-fourth year. #PutinSuccession🪆🎂 #Investigation https://lnkd.in/dmnrVk8X Links in comments