How did this advance the rise of Putin,was it planed.any ideas,
don't have any friends so i'm asking for myself
Death Thins Ranks Of Soviet Old Guard
Communist Party theorist Mikhail Suslov, Presidents Leonid Brezhnev and Yuri Andropov, and Defense Minister Dmitri Ustinov, all 70 or older, have preceded Chernenko to the grave since January, 1982. The five deaths left a deep gap in the ranks of senior Kremlin veterans, whose careers date from the prewar Stalinist era..
they say Reagan said "How am I supposed to get anyplace with the Russians if they keep dying on me," he asked his wife upon hearing the news.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1985-03-14/news/8501140707_1_yuri-andropov-soviet-politics-red-square