A security services insider, Putin was seen as well placed to protect Yeltsin and his oligarchic allies. Indeed, Berezovsky intended to continue ruling the country from behind the scenes, first as Yeltsin’s health failed in the final months of his presidency, and then by controlling the successor he had helped to choose.
作为一个在安全部门局内人，挑选普京还被认为可以保护叶利钦和他的寡头统治集团成员。事实上，别列佐夫斯基希望能够继续在幕后操纵这个国家，开始在叶利钦总统任期的最后几个月当他健康情况恶化的时候，然后可以通过控制他帮助挑选的继任者来达到这一目的。