RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: Putin came to the funeral of his closest friend, with whom they had been friends since their KGB service days Sergey Ivanov died on June 26 at the age of 73 for officially “undisclosed” reasons. In the early 2000s, he was considered one of the main potential successors to Putin. However, in February 2026, he was suddenly removed from all state positions. Visegrad24 recently published an article about their long friendship in the KGB, as well as how Ivanov’s son avoided responsibility for a fatal car accident. Read the article: