Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses Russian military, National Guard, FSB, and Interior Ministry personnel at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 27, 2023.SERGEI GUNEYEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images Putin has reinforced his National Guard with elite special forces, arming them with tanks and warplanes. The Russian president does not trust the loyalty of his security services following the Wagner mutiny. The move is seen as making the Kremlin "coup-proof," an analyst told The Telegraph. Russian President Vladimir Putin has reinforced his National Guard with an elite special forces unit to protect him in case of another rebellion, the British newspaper The Telegraph reported.The National Guard, created by Putin in 2016, has 320,000 men and reports directly to him rather than the Ministry of Defense.It's headed by Putin's loyal former bodyguard, Viktor Zolotov, and its main functions have included cracking down on anti-government protests.An MP for Putin's United Russia party Alexander Khinshtein said that Putin has personally ordered the Interior Ministry's 7,000-men-strong Grom special forces unit to move under its command.He has also brought in tanks, warplanes, and artillery to reinforce the National Guard, described by analysts as his "Praetorian Guard," drawing parallels to the elite Roman imperial bodyguards who were loyal to the emperor, per The Telegraph.
Putin New Bodyguard Incudes Thousands Of Elite Special Forces, Tanks And Warplanes To Make Him 'coup-proof,' Analyst Says
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Sun, 07/23/2023 - 8:32am
Topics: praetorian guard, . fsb moscow june guneyev/sputnik/afp getty images viktor zolotov mp putin's united russia alexander khinshtein roman kremlin ben noble associate professor russian politics university college london the kremlin the russian vedomosti belarus andrei soldatov john hardie foundation business insider russian putin russian president vladimir putin national guard ministry interior ministry kremlin putin the the russian wagner telegraph russia defense grom bodyguard coup-proof analyst elite special forces tanks and warplanes move told military security services mutiny loyalty reinforced rebellion prigozhin armed loyal newspaper
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