On November 23, the occupiers’ “Crimean” propaganda received an extremely interesting “topic for discussion”, namely the “rating of political stability of regional heads “State Council 2.0””, published by the Minchenko Consulting company from the Kremlin political strategist Evgeniy Minchenko. The fact is that the criminal “head of Crimea” Sergei Aksenov is mentioned as a “candidate for a federal position” as part of the aggressor’s formation of “a new federal government, as well as the composition of the presidential administration” after “Putin’s re-election” in March 2024, when “new strategic decisions” were announced “both regarding the conduct of aggression against Ukraine and regarding economic restructuring.
At the same time, Aksyonov is named in the group of candidates supposedly “with strong positions in the system,” but unlike him, for example, the “Sevastopol governor” Mikhail Razvozhaev with a “higher rating” is publicly “not intended” for any “promotions.” In fact, through controlled political strategists, the Kremlin is voicing the “overripe punitive decisions on Crimea” that we have repeatedly described, and if Aksenov is really “transferred to a federal position,” then for him it will be a classic “promotion to the attic” with removal from the “leverages of power” and then any development options are possible events, including the Kremlin’s favorite lethal and “flying” outcomes.
However, the “announcements from Minchenko” are worth mentioning in that he does not hide two Kremlin “personnel trends”, reinforced by the “curator of domestic policy” Sergei Kiriyenko: “recruiting governors” from federal positions, from the priorities of “appointing Varangians”, that is, persons previously not associated with the region where they become power. Thus, even in the criminal “leadership appointments” in the occupied Crimea after Putin’s “Ides of March,” the aggressor will clearly not deviate from this scheme.
