Vladimir Putin: paranoia, health condition, armored train … The secrets of the Russian president were revealed by a former member of his security

In a recent interview, a former security official for Vladimir Putin recounted the Russian president’s health, which he described as “isolated” and “worried.”

Rare testimony from inside President Vladimir Putin’s professional delegation. In an interview with the media Center folder Explaining his trip to Turkey on Wednesday, February 5, Gleb Karakolov, former security official of the President of the Russian Federation, called Vladimir Putin a loner and a megalomaniac.

“He’s just afraid.”

In this long interview, Gleb Karakolov, an officer of the Russian President’s Security Service who specializes in communications, said that he has seen the paranoid side of Vladimir Putin on various occasions, particularly during his trips abroad. “When we were in the building of the Russian Embassy in Kazakhstan, while in the past we installed communications in the ambassador’s office or in the intercom room, in October we installed another line in an anti-aircraft shelter,” noted the engineer, who recalls that security is guaranteed by the host country. “It’s kind of paranoid. You’re on the territory of another country. The state is the organizer of the summit and provides all the security. The territory of the embassy itself is also guarded,” he continues, before estimating that Vladimir Putin is “simply afraid.”

Moreover, the former FSO stated that most of the time the President of the Russian Federation remains detained. We still have a president who is self-isolating. We must observe a strict two-week quarantine before any event, even those lasting 15-20 minutes.”

This surrounding fear has been confirmed in other decisions taken in order to get closer to the Russian president, particularly since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Everyone was forced to get vaccinated. Everyone undergoes medical examinations, monitors their health and undergoes periodic examinations. I know that all the president’s assistants do PCR tests several times a day. I don’t know why, maybe it’s just concern for his health, “continues Gleb Karakulov.

Unconfirmed medical condition

On this point, the testimony of a FOS agent who left Russia, taking advantage of an official trip made by Vladimir Putin to Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, to flee with his family to Turkey, claims that he also noticed a change in the president. .

“I can tell you that I have done many business trips with him, and he has done many trips before 2020. After that he stayed in his hideout and probably did one or maximum three business trips per year. Because there were many business trips, one trip was cancelled. Only one or two due to his health condition. However, Gleb Karakolov could not confirm the information that Vladimir Putin suffers from cancer, which was announced again a few days ago by the Director of Military Intelligence of Ukraine. He answered this point based on what he saw: “ He is in better health than many others his age. He has annual medical visits. Usually, his exams are held in late summer or early fall. This year it was in April.

special train

The former head of Vladimir Putin’s security revealed some of the habits that the president took after the invasion of Ukraine, and the armed conflict. Indeed, Gleb Karakolov assured that the person whom his former colleagues called “the boss” moved only on an armored train, beyond recognition.

“In 2014-2015, we began to equip this train, which looks like an ordinary train, that is, like all other Russian Railways, it is gray with a red stripe. Vladimir Putin travels almost exclusively with this train,” the guys (FSO agents) said. private since August or October 2021, which cannot be put under surveillance, ”explained Gleb Karakulov.

Finally, the former engineer of the FSO’s presidential communications department revealed that Vladimir Putin did not use “neither the Internet nor cell phones”, even on business trips.