Putin Just Expanded His Personal Bodyguard for the Fourth Time Since the War Began — and Even His Protectors Are Now Being Watched
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Reuben Johnson
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National Security JournalPutin Just Expanded His Personal Bodyguard for the Fourth Time Since the War Began — and Even His Protectors Are Now Being Watchednationalsecurityjournal.orgPutin's paranoia is showing. For the fourth time since invading Ukraine, he's expanding his personal protection service — a 50,000-strong apparatus where officers taste his food first, keep rooms at his preferred temperature, and guard against "drafts." But the most telling detail is what's happening to the guards themselves: banned from mobile phones and public transport, with surveillance systems installed in their own homes. Amid coup rumors and assassination fears, the man who trusts no one now watches even his watchers.
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