Strelnikov! er ah Putin!
Posted on 02/14/2023 3:12:24 PM PST by dennisw
The Russian president's train boasts radio antennae for special communications fixed to the roof of certain carriages, covered by casings, and has been upgraded to be more secure.
It has reinforced axles like heavy freight trains because of the weight of the armour on the carriages. It requires three engines at the front, and has one at the rear.
On the side of the train is the logo of Grand Service Express, a company which Dossier alleges is linked to close Putin associate Yuri Kovalchuk.
Regular trains are halted to allow the Putin express to speed to its destinations.
Putin rarely admits to using this train in public, and has not been photographed on it since 2012.
'For the president of the aggressor country, it is indeed worth worrying about his safety,' said journalist Ilya Rozhdestvensky.
'Several of Putin's residences which he usually got to by air are located in an area where flights are significantly limited, due to combat activities.
'That is to say, if the president feels like visiting his palace near Gelendzhik [on the Black Sea], there is no guarantee that there will not be an attempt to shoot down his plane'.
Despite elaborate precautions for his safety, Putin reportedly remains anxious
Putin's train is camouflaged to look like a normal Russian passenger train
A paranoid Vladimir Putin is now travelling in a specially-made armoured train instead of his usual Flying Kremlin plane.
The Russian leader has taken to the railways as he is reportedly scared of being tracked and shot out of the sky when flying in his presidential plane.
Despite elaborate precautions for his safety since the war began to avoid airspace close to Ukraine, Putin reportedly remains anxious.
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His train is camouflaged in grey and red to look like a Russian normal passenger train, making it visually almost indistinguishable from them.
Putin’s transition to rail comes as a former KGB colleague who attended spy school with the Russian leader said the war in Ukraine has increased the president’s anxiety.
LOL OMG Putin has security!
Putin is an admirer of Saddam Hussein and Joeseph Stalin. And a student of Saddam’s personal security measures that kept him from being assassinated.
Makes sense. The Ukrainians can lock his plane and then shoot it down with a missile. It wouldn't be too difficult. Kind of like Malaysia Airlines flight that was shot down.
Sounds better than flying coach
Not much different from the security enjoyed by any U.S. President, especially post-9/11.
its because he poops his pants, falls down stairs, has lung, and pancreas cancer, heart disease, hangnails and is being pushed out by a coup while Ukraine’s army is on the edge of Moscow.
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Strelnikov! er ah Putin!
is this the same bully who goes around threatening other countries with nuclear weapons?
but he’s scared of Ukrainians shooting him down? LOL
what a coward
There are dozens of videos of shoulder-fired weapons taking down Russian planes and helicopters in Ukraine. The planes, large bombers and jet fighter-bombers, have those decoy flares, but they eventually run out. I can imagine a heavily armored train can withstand bomb attacks, and does not have to fall from the sky.
When Putin eventually dies, leaves office, it will be interesting to see who the most powerful oligarchs put in power. Perhaps one of the Obama /Biden Regime? Just how many illegitimate Biden’s are out there is any body’s guess.
Didn't help Strelnikov.
GMTA
If the world blames you for everything that’s wrong with the world, maybe you would be paranoid too. Remember Russia, Russia, Russia!
Yeah it didn’t help him but the train looked cool :)
Poor poor old Vlad. He’s had a great run as the murderer from hell, but now some people somewhere have upped their game.
Goodbye, , farewell , auf weidersein, adieu
At time that happened (2014?) I had no idea what the Ukraine situation was. Now it is pretty much settled that lame brain Russian separatists in the Southern Ukraine did it. And Igor Girkin/Strelkov was with them during this shoot down.
He’s totally nuts.
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