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Extreme measures for Vladimir Putin's security

2026-05-04 16:19:57Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

The Kremlin has significantly increased personal security around President Vladimir Putin, installing surveillance systems in the homes of close aides, as part of new measures prompted by a spate of assassinations of senior Russian military figures and fears of a coup, according to a report by a European intelligence agency obtained by CNN.

Chefs, bodyguards and photographers working with the president are also banned from traveling on public transport, the filing says. Visitors to the Kremlin chief must be double-checked, and those working with him can only use phones without internet access, the filing says.

Some of the measures were put in place in recent months after the assassination of a senior general in December, which sparked a rift in the upper ranks of Russia's security establishment, the report said.

They indicate a growing unease within the Kremlin as it faces problems at home and abroad, including economic hardship, growing signs of dissent and setbacks on the battlefield in Ukraine.

Russian security officials have drastically reduced the number of places Putin regularly visits, the report said. He and his family have stopped going to their usual residences in the Moscow region and to Valdai, the president's secluded summer estate located between St. Petersburg and the capital.

He has not visited any military facilities this year so far, the report says, despite regular trips in 2025.

To circumvent these restrictions, the Kremlin releases pre-recorded images of himself, the report adds. Since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Putin has also spent weeks in improvised bunkers, often in Krasnodar, a coastal region bordering the Black Sea, just a few hours from Moscow, the report says.


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