Alexander Shmelev: “Volodin will go far”

“In my opinion, everyone is very wrong to evaluate him by Surkov’s standards - as a hired manager working for an “uncle.” While back in the 90s, Volodin’s then boss, the Saratov governor Ayatskov, proclaimed VVV “a politician of the 21st century.”

And I think he knew what he was talking about. Volodin’s real ambitions are much broader than banal control over domestic politics under President Putin. And he perceives his current work as only one of the steps on the way to the top.

Constant attacks on Medvedev and others like him from completely loyalist authors, which began almost simultaneously with Volodin’s arrival in the Kremlin. Exposure of Yakunin with his "fur storage facility".