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Editor’s Note: This article is the first in a two-part series on the power struggles among Russia’s political clans.
As the transfer of power in the Kremlin looms and Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to step down from the presidency, the consolidation of power under Putin has never been more evident. Stratfor has followed Putin’s internal consolidation since he came to power in 2000. We also have tracked the power struggle under him, which seems to be just as nasty as — if not worse than — the previous power struggle among the old Kremlin clans.
The Old Clans
The former factions that fought for control of the Kremlin were fairly straightforward; most were leftovers from either the Soviet days or the Boris Yeltsin era. The three major factions within the Kremlin for most of Putin’s reign have been the siloviki, the Family (and its most prominent branch, the St. Petersburg brigade) and the oligarchs — though there were myriad smaller clans as well.
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