CNN: Putin fears assassination attempt amid stalling war with Ukraine

6 May 2026

The Kremlin has dramatically increased the personal security around President Vladimir Putin, installing surveillance systems in the homes of close staffers as part of new measures prompted by a wave of assassinations of top Russian military figures and fears of a coup, according to a report from a European intelligence agency obtained by CNN.

Cooks, bodyguards and photographers who work with the president are also banned from traveling on public transport, the dossier says. Visitors to the Kremlin chief must be screened twice, and those working close to him can only use phones without internet access, it adds.

0:00 Why Putin’s staff were forced to install surveillance systems at home
1:34 How Ukraine is causing problems for Putin—even in Moscow
6:02 Why Putin’s fears may be justified

5 comments

  1. History repeating itself, since there was another bunker monkey once before, managing a lost war.

  2. Define Irony.
    Like Dr Frankenstein, Putin is in fear of the very creature he himself created.
    Imagine wondering if every drink you are given is laced with poison. Every shadow could be hiding an attacker. If anyone around you could in an instant turn a gun on you.
    A troll once said I was jealous of what Putin has.
    I told him there is no way in fuc*ing hell I would live his life.

    • I fully agree. I was thinking the very same thing. What is life when you shiver and shake at every out of place sight and sound? He sleeps with one eye open.

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