The March 2008 presidential election in Russia could see a change. President Vladimir Putin is apparently organising his succession in the shape of the two strongmen of his regime–Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev, who represent two clans in the Kremin, the silovikifrom the FSB and the liberal centrists respectively. Yet it cannot be ruled out that, despite everything, Putin becomes his own successor under pressure from his entourage and a broadly favourable public.
