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"A senior Russian security officer who defected last year has given rare
insight into the paranoid lifestyle of Vladimir Putin, confirming details of a
secret train network, identical offices in different cities, a strict personal
quarantine and escalating security protocols.
Gleb Karakulov, who served as a captain in the Federal Protection Service
(FSO), a powerful body tasked with protecting Russia’s highest-ranking
officials, said the measures were designed to mask the whereabouts of the
Russian president, whom he described as “pathologically afraid for his life”.
The 36-year-old said the train was used because it “cannot be tracked on any
information resource. It’s done for stealth purposes.”
The Russian investigative outlet Proekt reported previously on the existence of
the train and of a secret railway network including parallel lines and stations
near Putin’s residences in Novo-Ogaryovo in the Moscow region, and near his
Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
The Guardian has reviewed an interview with Karakulov by the Dossier Centre,
a political information outfit founded by the exiled Russian billionaire
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, and confirmed the credentials of the senior Russian
communications engineer, who travelled with Putin extensively and helped
transmit some of his most secret messages."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
