[In the latest study "The Kremlin's Faithful Praetorians. Russia's Power Elite under Wartime Putinism"](https://www.osw.waw.pl/pl/publikacje/punkt-widzenia/2026-02-27/wierni-pretorianie-kremla) by Dr. Maria Domanska of the Center for east Studies, we get a compendium of cognition about political coteries and deals in Moscow. How is Putin's power mutating? In the era of "wartime Putinism," a group centered around the state-owned Rostech, the Rotenberg and Kovalchuk clans, and the Nikolai Patrushev household have consolidated their influence. In addition, close to Putin's power is Moscow mayor Sergei Sobianin.
