[In the latest study “The Faithful Praetorians of the Kremlin. The elite of Russia's power in times of war putinism"(https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publications/point-seeing/2026-02-27/faith-pretorians-kremla) Dr. Maria Domańska of the Center for east Studies we receive a compendium of cognition about political coteries and arrangements in Moscow. How does Putin's power mutate? In the era of “war putinism” the influence was strengthened by a group centered around the state of Rostech, the Rotenberg clan and the Kowalczuk clan, and the household of Nikolai Patrushev. In addition, the mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobian, is close to Putin's power.