RH POWER NETWORK · RUSSIA

Power, seen from Putin’s center

An alternative view of the Russia network: personal associations nearest the center, long-standing working ties beyond them, and institutions in their own outer band. Select anyone to inspect the evidence and open their dossier.

Entities
35
Connections
36
Dossiers
35
Latest additions
13 Sep 2026

EXPERIMENTAL VIEW · PUBLIC-RECORD ASSESSMENT

Putin’s circles

Closer rings highlight evidence of personal association. Distance is not a measured influence score. This uses the existing RH roster, not a complete list of Putin’s confidants.

  1. 01

    Personal ties / close allies

    Dated evidence of personal ties or an attributed close-ally assessment.

  2. 02

    Long-standing working ties

    Shared careers and sustained service, not necessarily friendship.

  3. 03

    Personal proximity unassessed

    Formal or indirect ties. Outer placement does not mean less trusted.

  4. 04

    Institutions & companies

    A separate outer band. Organizations are not ranked for personal closeness.

Selected: Vladimir Putin · The center

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DASHED OUTER BAND: ORGANIZATIONS

Vladimir Putin

THE CENTER

Vladimir Putin

President of Russia

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The reference point

Historical evidence varies by person

This experimental view asks a different question from an organization chart: what does the public record establish about each person’s relationship with Putin?

    What this does not establish

    Rings are qualitative editorial groupings. They are not intelligence-derived scores, a complete list of confidants, or a verified ranking of access today.

    Documented connections in the original RH map

      How placement works. Ring 1 uses specific evidence of personal association or an attributed close-ally assessment. Ring 2 uses a documented long-standing working connection. The remaining people are explicitly unassessed for personal proximity. Angular position and ordering within a ring mean nothing; line style on the rings separates categories, not relationships.

      Dated evidence, not a current inner-circle claim. Prototype reviewed 13 September 2026. Personal-relationship evidence here dates from 2011–2022 or refers to earlier careers. Role labels are inherited from the RH network’s 31 August 2026 record and were not revalidated for this experiment.

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      Method and limits

      This is a selected public-record map, not a complete model of Russian power. Connections are included only when the cited material supports the relationship as labeled. Public meetings show documented contact on a date. They do not establish private influence, direction, or continuing access.

      Peskov was added and his official biography reviewed on 13 September 2026. Other relationships retain their individual source dates and were not comprehensively revalidated by this update. Deceased figures are kept in their own historical view.

      When a dossier is added for an entity already on this map, its matching card and detail panel receive the dossier link automatically.

      Source record

      1. 01
        Kremlin · Dmitry Peskov biography

        Official biography reviewed 13 September 2026; presidential press service from 2000, prime minister’s press secretary from 2008, presidential press secretary and deputy chief of staff from May 2012.

      2. 02
        Kremlin · powers of the president

        Formal presidential authority.

      3. 03
        Kremlin · Security Council roster

        Official roster dated 16 February 2026.

      4. 04
        Kremlin · Presidential Executive Office

        Official roster dated 18 September 2025.

      5. 05
        Russian government · Mishustin biography

        Records his May 2024 reappointment.

      6. 06
        Bank of Russia · Elvira Nabiullina

        Official biography, updated 3 August 2026.

      7. 07
        Bank of Russia · Board of Directors

        Current roster and statutory description, updated 10 June 2026.

      8. 08
        Bank PSB · leadership directory

        Institutional leadership record.

      9. 09
        U.S. Treasury · 22 February 2022

        Historical defense-finance designation and family record.

      10. 10
        Kremlin photo record · 7 May 2019

        One documented working meeting.

      11. 11
        PSB · Engineering Union congress

        Institutional account dated 14 May 2026.

      12. 12
        PSB · Rosatom agreement

        Cooperation announcement dated 5 June 2026.

      13. 13
        U.S. Treasury · A7 network

        Dated ownership attribution from 14 August 2025.

      14. 14
        Rostec · Engineering Union congress

        Names Chemezov as Rostec director general, May 2026.

      15. 15
        Rostec · report to the president

        Corporate account of a 2026 report to Putin.

      16. 16
        Rosneft · Board of Directors

        Current corporate leadership directory.

      17. 17
        Rosneft · working meeting with Putin

        Corporate account of a public working meeting in 2020.

      18. 18
        Gazprom · Alexey Miller

        Current corporate role page.

      19. 19
        Gazprom · working meeting with Putin

        Corporate account dated 16 February 2018.

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