VLADIMIR Putin has has massively stepped up security in Moscow with an internet blackout and armed officers flooding the streets.
The tyrant, 73, has ordered a security clampdown at the amid fears his safety has been compromised in the same way that led to the killing of supreme leader Ali Khamenei.
Vladimir Putin has stepped up security in Moscow with armed officers flooding the streetsCredit: East2West
Officers are even visibly posted to Lenin’s mausoleum in Red SquareCredit: East2West
The clampdown comes as Putin fears his security apparatus is vulnerableCredit: East2West
Paranoia has engulfed the Russian dictator’s security apparatus amid fears his vast electronic surveillance machinery is riddled by vulnerabilities allowing his movements to be monitored, say reports.
This could lead to an assassination bid on the 73-year-old Kremlin ruler, it is feared.
New images show armed Federal Security Officers and vehicles armed with electronic warfare equipment to suppress around the Kremlin amid the new clampdown.
Officers are even visibly posted on Lenin’s mausoleum on Red Square, as revealed by channel VChK-OGPU with connections to the security services.
The paranoia is believed to be behind a massive blackout of mobile internet in and elsewhere in Russia, .
This unexplained act has caused mayhem with closing, and taxi drivers and couriers unable to find their way around the city.
has stepped up drone attacks on Putin’s capital in recent days, including last night, but the fear gripping his security chiefs relates to technological holes in the apparatus of his surveillance state.
“This is connected with Iran, with what and are doing in Iran,” expert commentator Vyacheslav Shiryaev told independent Republic journal.
“Everything happening in Iran is tied to hacking infrastructure that is supposed to monitor citizens, but it turns out that this infrastructure helps destroy heads of state instead…
“It is known that Israeli intelligence gained access to surveillance cameras in Tehran.
“That is precisely why the Kremlin is now tearing through the entire IT infrastructure, trying to understand where the vulnerability may be, how control over Putin’s movements, his motorcades and everything else could be carried out through the very infrastructure they themselves built in Moscow in order to monitor citizens.”
The internet blackout was ordered by Putin’s own security service, the FSO, he said.
In the wake of Khamenei’s killing on February 28, “something went wrong” for the FSO – Federal Protective Service – and “they saw the vulnerabilities”.
“Clearly they do not understand how to close those vulnerabilities without breaking everything they themselves need.”
Putin’s whereabouts are unknownCredit: AFP
Armed FSO officers guarding Lenin’s mausoleumCredit: East2West
The surveillance and face recognition technology used by Moscow and was similar.
Putin’s security chiefs realised the vulnerabilities “touched on the security of the first person [Putin] – then suddenly everybody started moving”.
Shiryaev predicted serious economic damage for the already-struggling Russian economy, enmeshed in a draining war with Ukraine.
“The authorities are walking through a swamp, sinking, but still moving on and getting stuck even deeper,” he said.
“This is undermining the foundations of the [Putin] regime, and resources are dwindling.”
The reason behind the internet blackout was “not Ukrainian drones and not cyberattacks, but the ruling elite’s fear for its own safety,” said Republic.
The Kremlin has been vague on the switch off which has led to soaring sales of paper maps and Russians even trying to use old-style pagers.
Sales of pagers, walkie-talkies and landline phones have skyrocketed while sales of paper maps have almost tripled.
Putin’s spokesman linked it to by the Kremlin dictator.
It was “related to the most important need—ensuring security”, he said, without going into detail.
“As for Putin, I do not think he appears in Moscow at all” currently due to the acute fears, said Shiryaev.
“Nobody knows where he really is.”
The siege in Moscow is particularly focused around key suspected of conniving in an .
The black out comes amid circulating rumours of a power-challenge by most senior security council official Sergei Shoigu, an unconfirmed theory first aired by VChK-OGPU.
Dozens of Ukrainian drones were launched at Moscow for the third day in succession, forcing a response from the city’s air defences.
Ukraine also ignited in flames the Labinsk oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region.
Russia was today targeting the Kyiv region with missiles after strikes on civilians in Zaporizhzhia.
There are fears Putin’s safety has been compromised in the same way that led to the killing of Ali KhameneiCredit: Getty
Russia has been launching strikes on civilians in ZaporizhzhiaCredit: East2West
While Ukranian drones struck the Labinsk oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar regionCredit: East2West
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