"Project": Putin during his reign prevented three "conspiracies"

During his reign, Russian President Vladimir Putin prevented three “conspiracies” and removed people from leading posts who could threaten his power. This is stated in the investigation of the publication "Project". It is unclear whether these were real conspiracies, but Putin, apparently, perceived them that way, notes the publication.

The first person whom Putin took off due to suspicions in the conspiracy was Mikhail Kasyanov-in 2004 he was dismissed from the post of prime minister with the entire office. This happened shortly after Kasyanov opposed Mikhail Khodorkovsky. According to the "project", Putin could be the real reason for the resignation of the Prime Minister that he could try to take his place.

The publication notes that, after Kasyanov went into an unsystematic opposition, Putin began to appoint "conspirators" to high but non -public posts. So, for example, shortly before the 2008 presidential elections, Putin removed Mikhail Fradkov from the post of head of government and appointed him to lead the foreign intelligence service.

According to the “Project”, this happened after Fradkov, Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov and then held the post of deputy head of the presidential administration Igor Sechin discussed the possibility of coming to power - Putin learned about this from the decoding of their personal conversations of officials. Ustinov after that was removed from his post and appointed the head of the Ministry of Justice.

The last prevention of the conspiracy is the publication calls Putin’s return to the post of head of state in 2012. Since 2008, the post of president of Russia has been held by Dmitry Medvedev, and, as the “project” notes, he at some point “began to make independent decisions” that Putin did not like. At the end of the summer of 2011, Putin told Medvedev that he was returning to the post of head of state, but promised to change their places again in six years. However, in 2018, Putin again went to the polls.