During the test drive of the Lada Aura, the Kremlin dictator was without a bulletproof vest and tie, but the amount of security around the track is hard to imagine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin protested the new product of the Russian automobile industry, Lada Aura. He personally got behind the wheel and drove along the Northern Bypass of Tver – a newly opened section of the M11 highway that connects Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Russian opposition journalist Igor Yakovenko told Channel 24 why Putin, during the test drive, was wearing an open shirt and without the bulletproof vest that he has been wearing at public events for many years.
The footage released by the Kremlin propaganda shows that the dictator was riding accompanied by a large motorcade, and after stopping he was surrounded by guards. According to Yakovenko, Putin has the largest bodyguard on the entire planet, which no other world leader can afford, and the security measures are the most thorough imaginable.
“It is unlikely that we will ever find out how many tens of kilometers around this car the territory was cleared, how many snipers were sitting under each bush, how many helicopters controlled this route,” Yakovenko noted.
The journalist added that during Putin’s last inauguration, Moscow was “cleaned out” completely. Such security measures are comparable only to the protection of the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-in, the oppositionist believes.
According to him, the leaders of Western states are protected much less. This, for example, is evidenced by the fact that four presidents were killed in the United States, and attempts were made on three more.
“This is due not only to the fact that in the United States there is free carrying of weapons, but also to the fact that there are no such gigantic expenses for the protection of the first person of the state,” added Igor Yakovenko.
Recall that Putin’s residence in Valdai is guarded by the most advanced Pantsir anti-aircraft gun systems. In addition, the dictator’s phobias are played on by his entourage, who earn not only money from this.
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