Interesting move for the future of Russia. Vladimir Putin rewards his former bodyguard. land has just been appointed Secretary of the Council of State. And analysts wonder: is he preparing her to be his heir to power? Legend has it that Alexei Diumin saved the Russian president from a bear attack.

We know about Alexei Dyumin that he provokes standing ovations, that Putin likes having him around and that he has a hook on par with his military achievements. “He was head of the Special Operations Forces led the annexation of Crimea in 2014which brought a lot of prestige to Putin,” said Blas Moreno, editor-in-chief of ‘El Orden Mundial’.

It was from then on, according to experts, that Putin began to promote him in the Russian political career. Dyumin, 51, joined Russia’s Federal Guard Service in 1995 and was Putin’s bodyguard during his first and second terms. Blas Moreno has stated that he managed Putin’s bodyguard team and that “he came to save the Russian president from a bear”.

Now, Vladimir Putin has just appointed him secretary of the State Council, important advisory body to the president. A movement, for which many point out, Dyumin would be at the head of the pools to succeed him.

Putin, who has just started his fifth term, could already be considering names to take over from him. “Putin’s practice is that he tests possible successors and if they go well, they move on and if they don’t, they disappear,” Sara Núñez, professor of Current World History at the Rey Juan Carlos University, expressed in laSexta. Dyumin seems to have his trust now. But keep it, Knowing Putin, it’s not such a sure thing..