Has Russian President Putin Chosen His Successor?

‘He is always somewhere next to Putin': The Russian President previously awarded Dyumin the Hero of Russia honour for courage

Daily Mail: Vladimir Putin is grooming ex-bodyguard and military hero, 43, to become future Russian president, experts claim

* Vladimir Putin is grooming Alexei Dyumin to be his Kremlin successor
* Hard-man Dyumin, 43, is currently Putin's deputy defence minister
* Dyumin commanded Special Operation Forces of the Russian Army
* He is also believed to have served in the GRU military intelligence unit

Vladimir Putin is grooming an action man ‘military hero’ in his own image as his heir apparent, according to speculation in Moscow.

Deputy defence minister Alexei Dyumin, 43, was this week handed the job of governor of Tula region, as previously unknown details of his ‘courage’ were suddenly leaked to the media.

He was formerly a bodyguard and Putin’s trusted aide-de-camp while also playing goalkeeper in the Kremlin strongman’s own ice hockey club.

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WNU Editor: I disagree with this prediction .... Alexei Dyumin is being groomed to be the next Russian Prime Minister .... not President. United Russia is the political party that Putin is a member of .... and the party wants the current Prime Minister (Dimitri Medvedev) to be next in line to the President's office (at least that is what my insiders are telling me). There is also a deep loyalty between Putin and Medvedev, and Putin has never betrayed anyone who has always been that loyal. If Dimitri Medvedev wants the job .... he will be the candidate for the United Russia Party .... and he will have to then run (and win) the next Presidential election.

More News On Reports That Alexei Dyumin Is Being Groomed By Putin To Be The Next President Of Russia

Vladimir Putin ‘lining up ex-bodyguard and military chief’ as next Russian president -- Express
REVEALED: Putin grooming ex-bodyguard to become future Russian president -- Zee News
Is Vladimir Putin grooming his ex-bodyguard to be Russia's next president? -- DNA
Daily Mail: Putin is grooming ex-bodyguard to be his Kremlin successor, experts claim -- Ukraine Today

Update: Alexei Dyumin has an interesting history in reference to Ukraine .... Man who helped Yanukovych to flee Ukraine appointed Tula region governor (Ukraine Today). More on Alexei Dyumin here .... Lt. Gen. Alexei Dyumin, another presidential bodyguard doing well… (In Moscow's Shadows).