Mikhail Mishustin came to the government as a technical prime minister. Who is he now - a successor or a political threat to Putin?

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin over the past week made a series of trips to the most economically depressed regions of the country. On the way he celebrated the 55th anniversary (it was in a cafe on the way from Barnaul to Gorno-Altaysk). He also criticized scientists for the word “Vorkshop” and told schoolchildren that he plays hockey and swims every day.

As you know, the prime minister cares about his reputation and carefully monitors his image, so all his communication in public and communication with citizens begin to be associated with the political elite with the election campaign and the struggle for the place of the successor of Vladimir Putin. Is it really so?

The leading Saturday output “What happened”, journalist Andrei Pertsev and sociologist Konstantin Haaza, are trying to understand what Mishustin seeks after more than a year after the prime minister is appointed. Who else can be considered the successor of Putin as president and in general-are the conversations about the successor are still relevant?

In this episode:

• Is Mishustin the new Chernomyrdin? Or the second Kudrin? Or maybe this is the best version of Putin?
• What does Mishustin need for the development of a political career? Will he lead the list of United Russia in the elections? Will become a successor to the president’s post? Or is it all he does not need and he is a delegate of oligarchs without political ambitions?
• The level of the welfare of Russians is declining, while the rating of Mishustin is growing. How does it work?
• Who else can join the successors race: Sergey Sobyanin, Vyacheslav Volodin or Alexei Dyumin?

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Presenters - Andrey Pertsev and Konstantin Gaaz

Producer - Alexander Sadikov

Installation - Dmitry Bodrov

Music - Victor Davydov