Putin knows his time on earth is running out.
In January, Putin will announce an early presidential election to be held on March 26 (1 year early) and has selected Nikolai Patrushev to be his replacement.
The oligarchs don’t support Patrushev. Neither does his alcoholic rival Dmitry Medvedev.
Just the opposite -- time is running out of the world leaders of "the liberal world order". Boris is already finished.
Whatever happened to the reports a few weeks ago that he was having stomach surgery for cancer? Certainly making plans to have a replacement in March 2023 is significant.