Putin orders FSB to step up protection for Russian Defence Ministry and defence industry officials

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has instructed the FSB to strengthen protection for senior officials of Russia's Ministry of Defence and the defence-industrial base, as well as representatives of state and municipal authorities.

Source: Putin speaking at a meeting of the FSB board, as quoted by Russian media

Quote: "This fully applies as well to opinion leaders, journalists and volunteers who are constantly under threat from the Kyiv regime."

Details: In particular, Putin referred to an explosion at the Savyolovo railway station in Moscow on the night of 23-24 February, where a Russian police vehicle was blown up.

He said that the explosion was the result of recruitment via the internet: "They planted an explosive device on a person and then detonated both him and the intended target remotely."

Putin also said that "serious additional measures be taken to protect the state border" of Russia.

Background:

• Negotiations between Ukraine and Russia were nearly derailed following an assassination attempt on Vladimir Alexeyev, First Deputy Head of Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU). Russian officials are reportedly seeking a "Ukrainian connection".
• Alexeyev, who was the target of an assassination attempt in Moscow on 6 February, was the senior Russian representative at the negotiations in Mariupol in May 2022 during the withdrawal of the Mariupol garrison from Azovstal.

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