A former Russian officer gave a shocking testimony. He was part of Vladimir Putin’s personal security service and defected last October. He recounts the daily life of a Russian president whom he describes as “paranoid”.
Vladimir Putin was in Kazakhstan last October in one of his rare trips. He then ignores that one of his closest guards has just fled to the airport, heading for Turkey. For 13 years, Gleb Karakulov had been securing the telecommunications of the head of the Kremlin.
“He does not use a cell phone. In all my years of service, I have never seen him with a smartphone. He does not use the Internet either and he only receives information from his inner circle. But he insists on having the 4 Russian TV channels wherever he goes. It is mandatory. What is happening defies reason. Do not follow the orders of Vladimir Putin, for me he is a war criminal“, proclaims the former officer.
A solitary life for a man obsessed with his security. Its villas are bunkered with identical offices each time to cover their tracks.
“There were times when I knew he was in Sochi. The TV was on in the background. And I heard people say that he was in Novo Ogaryovo to chair meetings. So, I asked my colleagues: “has he already left Sochi?” – “No, they answered me, he is still here“, he testifies.
“Putin is not sick”
To go unnoticed, the Russian president travels by train rather than by plane, which is too easily spotted. A train apparently like all the others of the state company, except that his is armored. A paranoid man especially since the Covid.
“We had a two-week quarantine before every event even for 15 minutes. We had to get vaccinated. All of Putin’s advisers and aides must do PCR tests several times a day“.
The man who spent 13 years behind the scenes of the Kremlin is formal: Putin is not sick. “He is healthier than many others his age. But he lost touch with the world. For him, your life and that of your loved ones have no interest. This war must end. It’s time to break the silence. So. It’s everything I wanted to say“, he concludes.
Gleb Karakulov lives today in a secret place, under very high protection.
