On the one hand, on the shores of the Black Sea, there is a sumptuous palace whose construction would have cost more than one billion euros. On the other, a luxurious dacha on the shores of one of the countless lakes in the Republic of Karelia, in northern Russia. Almost 2,000 kilometers separate both properties, but they have one thing in common: their surroundings are regularly frequented by Vladimir Putin’s bodyguards.
Is the Russian president the lucky owner of these second homes? In any case, this is what the opponents said: the late Alexeï Navalny, in 2021, about the palace, and more recently the former oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky about the cottage (through the Dossier Center research unit it funds). Embarrassing accusations about the Russian president’s supposed fortune, which the Kremlin has always strongly rejected. The new information of World Even so, come and credit them a little more.
In a series of investigations, we have revealed how the bodyguards of the French and American presidents leak information about the movements of the heads of state. A security breach caused by the compulsive use of Strava, an application used by athletes to record their performances and share them online. Most of the time geolocated activities, which allow the movements of these heads of state to be followed.
Bodyguards who reveal their location on the Internet
A fault from which Vladimir Putin cannot escape, also betrayed by the recklessness of the members of the Federal Protection Service (FSO). A shame for someone who, as a precaution, does not use a laptop or a computer connected to the Internet, and whose office has been recreated identically in several of his residences so that you can never know where he is. Contacted through its spokesperson, the Kremlin did not respond to our questions.
On November 13 and 14, 2019, for example, Vladimir Putin traveled to Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, to participate in an international summit that brought together the leaders of the BRICS group (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa). But since November 11, Andreï (names have been changed), an FSO agent, was on the scene. To locate the places and secure them, he stays at Hotel B, the establishment where the master of the Kremlin is preparing to stay. Thus, while waiting for their arrival, Andreï undertakes an 8 kilometer race that begins and ends at the foot of this hotel. An activity that you record on Strava. Information, although confidential and eminently sensitive, is shared transparently on the Internet.
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