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Putin was woken up by bodyguards when drones were spotted heading towards the residence.
Now the protection for the president is increased.
In addition, a bunker is being built to protect the elite in the event of an attack with “weapons of mass destruction”.
Russia accused Ukraine of trying to “assassin President Putin” when two drones were spotted and shot down near Moscow’s Red Square on the night of May 3.
However, he was not in his residence there. At the palace in the Kremlin, Putin is mainly when he has formal meetings with his staff and meets with foreign dignitaries.
Woke up by bodyguards
But just under a month later, on May 30, a “real danger to the president’s life” should have arisen, writes The Moscow Times citing sources.
During Tuesday morning, eight drones were discovered in the air in and around Moscow. Five of them were shot down and three were knocked out electronically.
The newspaper states that one of the targets of the attack may have been Putin’s Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside the capital.
It is the place where Putin spends the most time.
The president’s bodyguards woke Putin in the early morning due to the approaching danger, writes the newspaper.
An unspecified number of drones are said to have been stopped only ten kilometers from the residence.
And because of the fear of an attack, Putin has now increased funding for surveillance and protection for himself and his closest staff.
“We strengthen everything”
Between January and May this year, personal protection has cost 15 billion rubles, approximately two billion kroner, according to data from the Russian Ministry of Finance.
This is an increase of 15 percent from the same period in the same year. And according to calculations from the Ministry of Finance, personal protection will increase further in the coming years.
According to The Moscow Times will Putin’s surveillance over the next three-year period be as costly as the annual budget of the Kostroma region.
– Of course we are strengthening everything, everything is already strengthened, Kremlin spokesman Dimitriy Peskov said about the security of the inner circle after the drones over the Kremlin.
Building nuclear bunkers
In addition to the iron ring around President Putin, plans are also being made for a possible attack with weapons of mass destruction against Russia.
A bunker with room for 800 people, including medical personnel and employees, is being built in the hospital in Moscow where the elite receive care, writes Newsweek.
The Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow is said to be Russia’s finest hospital and even Putin himself, according to the independent Russian news site Mediazona, has been treated there.
The bunker is equipped with “a complex ventilation system to air out gaseous weapons of mass destruction” and must protect against radiation.
Protect 15 million in Moscow
In the bunker, you must also be able to carry out “war medical care”, writes Newsweek.
The cost of building the bunker is said to be 35 million rubles, approximately SEK 4.5 million.
The Kremlin has also ordered an inventory and upgrade of shelters across Russia. In Moscow, shelters are being prepared to provide shelter to 15 million people in the event of an attack.