Terrified Russian President Vladimir Putin is so worried about being assassinated he has moved his two elder daughters into his £1.4 billion guarded forest complex. The 73 year-old Kremlin dictator has become increasingly worried over the Kremlin’s failure to make gains in his bloody invasion of Ukraine and the tanking Russian economy.
He also ordered urgent checks on Russia ’s special surveillance camera system amid fears it could be hacked by his enemies, and reveal his movements from the Valdai Palace. His incredibly high-security home in the Novgorod region, where he lives with mistress Alina Kabaeva, 43, and her two sons Ivan, 11, and Vladimir, six, has its own air defences.
View 5 ImagesUkrainian deep-strike on Russia’s Grushebvaya Valka oil base(Image: east2west news)
And whilst his anti-drone teams cannot fight off attacks from Ukraine’s deep-strike drones, the Russian President has armed guards and anti-missile systems throughout. He was recently shamed when Ukraine launched a long-range drone attack on his home town St Petersburg.
The city was hosting a major trade forum aimed at attracting investments. And he has refused to meet his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky face to face after the Kyiv leader published a humiliating letter to him highlighting his failures.
View 5 ImagesUkrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky with UK Prime Minister Starmer(Image: Xinhua/Shutterstock)
Putin is now terrified of an attack targeting him after the Iranian Ayatollah Khemenei was killed by Israel penetrating Tehran’s surveillance system to pin down his whereabouts. Kyiv’s long-range attacks have deeply exposed Putin’s inability to protect his own country over his cruel war against Ukraine and mismanagement of Russia internally.
Putin could stop the war in 24 hours by agreeing to a ceasefire and talks with Ukraine, but he refuses to do so, despite repeated overtures from Zelensky. And now he has stepped up security measures.
View 5 ImagesPutin’s daughter Maria Vorontsova, 41(Image: Doktor TV/YouTube/east2west news)
Reports suggest Putin’s married multi-millionaire daughter Maria Vorontsova, 41, a mother-of-two, has moved to the Valdai palace alongside his second daughter Katerina Tikhonova, 39, a wealthy mother-of-one.
The Valdai complex is one of the most secure locations in Russia. It also has a state-of-the-art bunker, according to knowledgeable sources. The plan appears to be to make his daughters and three grandchildren as safe as possible from attack.
View 5 ImagesPutin’s daughter Luiza Rozova, 23(Image: social media/ East2west News)
The Valdai residence is about 230 miles northwest of Moscow. But another daughter Luiza Rozova, 23, is not believed to live there, and is mainly based in Paris.
Her mother is Putin’s ex-lover Svetlana Krivinogikh, 51, a cleaner turned wealthy bank director and striptease club owner. Vorontseva is an endocrinologist leading the dictator’s drive for longevity, and Tikhonova is a former rock’n’roll dancer with rising control over Russian science and technology.
Their mother is former Russian first lady Lyudmila Putina. She and Putin divorced in 2014. War in Ukraine, which began with the invasion in February 2022, has cost Russia well over a million soldiers on the frontline, lost to either death or injury.
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Russia is also suffering a tanking economy and Ukraine’s drone missions inside the country have battered thew Kremlin’s energy and industrial base repeatedly.