It was Pugachev who at one time suggested the idea of making Putin Yeltsin’s successor, and now he has toughly walked on him.
Pugachev (right) explained what Putin really is. Collage “Today”
A Russian businessman, a former member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, Sergei Pugachev, said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has no friends at all, he is a very closed person and his entourage did not even understand him. He said this in an interview with GORDON.
Pugachev and Putin met in the early 90s, and they became close friends in 1996. Then they communicated very closely and even celebrated holidays together. In the media, they were called friends. Now Pugachev says that their communication began to fade as new people appeared in Putin’s entourage. Their communication has ceased since 2010, when the billionaire stopped coming to Russia.
When asked if Putin is a good friend, he replied: “No. He has no friends at all. This is some kind of another myth.”… The businessman also called the information nonsense that Putin is a loyal, decent, reliable person and does not leave his own people.
“He doesn’t trust anyone. He didn’t trust his wife. He constantly hides something, constantly darkens. It is very difficult to talk to him. Because he speaks in some semitones about something incomprehensible. No, he is not a friend, a closed person. I think this is one of the important moments that brought the country to its current state, “- said Pugachev.
He explained that Putin had never declared what he was going to do, where he was leading the country at all – even his entourage could not understand him.
“I have spoken to him many times:“ Volodya, this is strange… ”He also gathers some ministers, the prime minister, the administration… And every time after such a meeting, everyone said:“ What did the boss say? What to do? “I tell him:” Volodya, people do not understand what you are saying. “We must simply and clearly say where we are going: towards capitalism, towards communism, socialism, what is your idea, what do you want – everyone be rich or everyone should be poor, or take everything and share … “ – said the billionaire.
Who is Sergei Pugachev
- He is the founder of Mezhprombank (he was one of the largest in the Russian Federation, but went bankrupt). But in 2010, the bank’s license was revoked due to violations of the law and inability to satisfy the claims of creditors. Pugachev owned shipbuilding enterprises, elite real estate in Russia and Europe, including the Château de Garo in Nice, the media in France. In 2008, Forbes estimated his fortune at $ 2 billion.
- In Russia, a criminal case has been initiated against Pugachev for embezzlement of Mezhprombank funds. At home, he was arrested in absentia and was put on the wanted list since 2014. He moved to France and received citizenship there. In 2015, Pugachev filed a $ 15 billion lawsuit against Russia in the Hague court over the alleged expropriation of four of his assets.
- He also appeared in politics. In 1996, Pugachev was one of the leaders of the campaign headquarters of the presidential candidate Boris Yeltsin. In the 1990s, he put forward the idea of making Vladimir Putin a potential successor to Yeltsin. In 2001 he became a member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation.
Earlier, a veteran of foreign intelligence, a Ukrainian security expert, Lieutenant General Vasily Bogdan, said that Putin’s inner circle could carry out a palace coup in the Kremlin.
And the French political scientist Olivier Vedrine, who lives in Ukraine, said that Russian oligarchs could oust Putin after his famous declaration of “paradise” for Russians in the event of a nuclear war.
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