How Putin protects himself: the Kremlin's extreme security measures

[red amoeba]

He should learn from LHL and employ Gurkhas.

 

[jw5]

Please leave your smartphone at the entrance​

Communications are limited in the close environment of Vladimir Putin and smartphones are prohibited in the Kremlin.

 

[jw5]

Internal line in the Kremlin​

In an interview with the Russian news agency TASS, Vladimir Putin admitted this: only an official, internal line can be used to contact someone inside the Kremlin.

 

[jw5]

Did the CIA create the Internet?​

According to The Guardian, Putin distrusts the internet because he considers it "a CIA project".

 

[jw5]

Don't use Google?​

In fact, Vladimir Putin has called on Russians on several occasions to not use Google for their searches, considering that it is a tool of the United States to monitor the interests of the Russian population. Reason here (perhaps) is not lacking but monitoring is, rather, used for the commercial interests of the company that owns Google.

 

[jw5]

Why use the internet when there is paper?​

Instead of the network of networks, Vladimir Putin uses the traditional method: paper. “He starts his day with three security briefings. One is what’s going on in the world, one is what’s going on in Russia, and the third is what’s going on inside the elite. For him, this is the most important information and the one that will define his day," Mark Galeotti points out in his statements to the BBC.

 

[Asterix]

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Protection of senior officials and family members​

The Presidential Security Service is integrated into the Russian Federal Protective Service (FSO), which derives from the former KGB, and which is also responsible for the protection of other high-ranking Kremlin officials.

This is how the dictator/emperor/whatever ensures that his sidekicks remain loyal to him. If at any time you suspect them of being disloyal, you can order their bodyguards to finish them off for you. Of course must create a believable story of how some "lunatic" killed the disloyal sidekick. Or better still use the murder of your disloyal sidekick, branded by propaganda as "loyal" sidekick and hero of the revolution or something (he can be safely glorified now that he is dead and no longer a threat to your power), as an excuse to carry out a wider purge. A great example is what Stalin did to his "close friend" and politburo member Sergei Kirov.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Kirov

 

[jw5]

Isolated​

Personally, the situation of the Russian president is one of almost monastic isolation. If the pandemic had limited access to the president to a few people, the attack on Ukraine has made even more difficult to meet with Putin.

 

[jw5]

Iron health?​

Indeed, Vladimir Putin's health is treated as a matter of national security. Anyone who wants to see him must undergo quarantine, a medical exam and several PCRs. Tell that to Emmanuele Macron, President of France, who refused to follow these guidelines and angered the Russian leader.

 

[jw5]

Keep your distance​

The famous photo of Macron at a table of unusual length was due to the Frenchman's refusal to take tests before speaking with Putin. However, the use of very long tables to maintain an exaggerated safety distance has been common since the pandemic broke out.

 

[zhihau]

Keep your distance​

The famous photo of Macron at a table of unusual length was due to the Frenchman's refusal to take tests before speaking with Putin. However, the use of very long tables to maintain an exaggerated safety distance has been common since the pandemic broke out.

The CSTO talks just ended a while ago and Putin looked stoic as usual, the distinguished guests were unmasked and seated at the same table with Putin in Kremlin. Each person is easily 2 metres apart from the other guests at the table.

 

[jw5]

Away from your collaborators​

Even in a meeting with such close associates Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Putin keeps his distance. Some media have suggest that Covid 19 has isolated Putin and has placed him on the verge of paranoia.

 

[CharKuayTeow]

All these security measures still failed to stop Putin from using Ukraine to fuck himself.

 

[jw5]

Gone is the adventurous Putin​

The Putin who currently shields his existence against external threats seems very different from the one who, in other times, portrayed himself as a seasoned adventurer, riding, hunting or fishing in Siberia. Things certainly have changed.

 

[zhihau]

All these security measures still failed to stop Putin from using Ukraine to fuck himself.

We are often victims of our own demons