From Patriarch Kirill to Ramzan Kadyrov, here are the relatives of Vladimir Putin who play an active role in the war in Ukraine.
By Théo Anberrée
Lhe war in Ukraine is raging and the balance of power within the Russian camp is changing. Since the beginning of the invasion, Vladimir Putin has counted on the patriarch Kirill to support him with the faithful, on the Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov to bring him his militiamen or on the Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, who offers a rear base to his army.
Gazprom helps put pressure on energy prices, Sergei Lavrov defends the master of the Kremlin against all odds, but other players have gained influence or fallen from grace. The command of the troops in Ukraine has thus changed several times and the mercenaries of Yevgeny Prigojine’s Wagner group are on the rise on the ground.
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