A former member of Vladimir Putin's elite personal security who has fled to the West, told how the Russian leader lives in an information vacuum without using mobile phones or internet on foreign trips
Putin has increased his security at Olivye, one of his secret palaces in Crimea, since his invasion of Ukraine - so much so that he has a bodyguard operate his watching machine, Brizhaty said.
Vitaly Brizhaty, a former dog handler for Russia’s shadowy Federal Protection Service, told an independent Russian TV station that Vladimir Putin fears for his safety and takes extreme precautions when spending time at his secret Crimea residence.
BEIRUT — Of the many questions raised by Yevgeny Prigozhin s death in a suspicious small plane crash last month, perhaps the most consequential relates to the fate of Wagner, the