Putin has a team of 3,000 bodyguards, with 40 personal bodyguards responsible for his safety on every trip. So far he has been in danger eight times, but all of them have been successful, thanks to his bodyguards. Is that a good bodyguard?
I. Basic outline of Putin’s bodyguard team
Putin’s bodyguard corps is 3,000 strong. Since 2000, it is headed by Viktor Zolotov. They also have a special intelligence and analysis agency, whose members are made up of intelligence experts and whose main job, is to collect and analyze data on the life and safety of the president and his family, reporting directly to Zolotov. They are loyal to Putin.
Second, a portrait of Putin’s bodyguards – who can be Putin’s bodyguards?
(a) Age: between 20 and 35 years.
Height: 1.8 m or more; (175-190 cm is most appropriate)
Body weight: around 75-90 kg
Nationality: Russian.
Ideological qualities: must be loyal to one’s country, absolute loyalty to the President, decent, not a member of the opposition, no criminal record, no bad habits.
Physical qualities and kung fu: strong, tall, strapping, low profile; combat master, firearms expert, proficient in a variety of weapons; agile, super-high driving skills, can identify all kinds of poisons; can think, good at foreseeing and preventing all kinds of dangers, and do not move; psychological qualities; solid martial arts skills, master more than 30 kinds of fighting skills; English skills have reached the international level.
Physical features: all year round, cold winter and hot summer, always wearing sunglasses and black suits.
Education: usually highly educated.
Usual training: 2-3 times a week in live fire with different weapons, driving various vehicles, familiarity with various poisons and drugs.
Other qualities: knowledge of diplomatic protocol.
Treatment: 1 to 2 times higher than serving in other forces, plus 30 days of vacation per year.
Putin’s bodyguard is such a group of people, this is not just anyone who can be Putin’s bodyguard. Those who can become Putin’s bodyguards have been selected through a variety of screening. The overall quality was extremely high, and they had all kinds of martial arts skills on hand, but more importantly, the quality of Putin’s bodyguard’s ideology was extremely important. After all, if the quality of thought is not up to the mark, no matter how good the overall quality is, it is equal to zero.
Third, who is Putin’s number one bodyguard?
Let’s meet some of the awesome characters in Putin’s bodyguard.
1: Female bodyguard – 18 minutes to beat down 12 trained men.
Putin has a personal female bodyguard, named Kurchakina. She has been Putin’s bodyguard for 6 years and is trusted by Putin. Kurchakina was originally a shooter before she was chosen to be Putin’s bodyguard.
She has several specialties.
She was a special forces soldier, highly skilled in combat, familiar with a wide range of guns and ammunition, who knocked out 12 highly trained males in 18 minutes.
Very strong and comprehensive personal qualities. She was able to use all the paraphernalia around her, including brooches and hairpins, buttons on the cuffs of Putin’s clothes, and lipstick and pens as weapons.
Able to drive a wide range of vehicles, with excellent driving skills.
Highly skilled in medicine, she was a professional level in both first aid and wilderness survival.
Unfortunately, at the age of 32, she was dismissed. There are two reasons: first, fear of delaying Kurchakina’s life; second, fear of leaving too much to say to others.
2, Putin’s personal bodyguard, Alexei Kumin, is now the governor of Russia’s Tula region.
Aleksey Kumin, born on August 28, 1972, is a full 20 years younger than Putin. In 2000-2008, Alexei Kumin was directly responsible for Putin’s security, and became his most trusted bodyguard. 2008, after Putin resigned from the Russian President and became the Prime Minister of Russia, Alexei Kumin was transferred with Putin and continued to be responsible for his security. Slowly, Alexei Kumin has essentially become Putin’s right-hand man, and is always seen wherever Putin is present.
In 2014, Alexei Gyumin was promoted to the deputy director of the Russian General Directorate of Military Intelligence, directly responsible for the command of the Russian special operations forces.After the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in 2014, Alexei Gyumin was ordered by Putin to personally lead special forces into Ukraine to rescue the then Ukrainian President Yanukovych, in the operation to seize the Crimean peninsula for Russia has made great achievements.
3, the Rio Olympic gold medalist and world martial arts champion, all from Putin’s bodyguard.
Yevgeny Tishchenko, born in 1991, Putin’s bodyguard. Participated in the Rio Olympics and won the gold medal in boxing 91 kg. He won the European Youth Championship.
Selikhov Muslimu, a Russian boxing czar and Putin’s bodyguard. Won the European Championships 80 kg, the World Wushu Scramble Championships 80 kg, etc.
4, Viktor Zolotov – Putin’s number one bodyguard and current commander of the Russian National Guard.
If the above-mentioned bodyguards weren’t enough, now a really powerful character is out, and he is Viktor Zolotov. He was once Putin’s mentor and bodyguard to Sobchak, the mayor of St. Petersburg. Zolotov was born into a working-class family, a locksmith at an auto plant in Moscovici. Putin was close to Zolotov when he worked with Sobchak, and the two were partners in boxing and judo together.
After Putin was elected Prime Minister of Russia, Zolotov began working as Putin’s bodyguard. Because Zolotov had spent time with Putin, he knew Putin’s personality very well. Very meticulous and methodical in his work schedule, Zolotov did an excellent job of keeping security in place from the ceremony of Putin’s presidency to his travels and never had any major accidents. Especially in terms of emergency situations, Zolotov was even more calm and comfortable in dealing with them. As a result, Putin trusted Zolotov so much that he would bring him with him to every event he attended.
Fourth, Putin’s bodyguards are equipped with the most advanced lightweight rocket launchers.
What is the standard equipment of Putin’s bodyguards?
- Bodyguards are uniformly armed with “Gurza” 9mm pistols, which can penetrate bulletproof vests at a range of 50 meters and car shells at a range of 100 meters.
- Bodyguards wear tactical bulletproof goggles on almost all occasions, not to look “cool”, but to block direct sunlight, so that potentially dangerous people can’t see where they are staring. Also, sunglasses make it easier to spot the flash of a firearm.
3, bodyguards always carry “pockets” and “briefcases”, which are actually folding bulletproof shields.
The jeeps are also equipped with bulletproof vests, rifles, Dragunov sniper rifles, Wasp missiles and other weapons, which can be open fire at critical moments.
Each member of the group is equipped with the most advanced communication tools, and is always in a state of combat readiness.
Compared to Yeltsin’s bodyguards, Putin’s bodyguards have enhanced firepower and more advanced equipment, and are now equipped with rocket-propelled grenades.
Their only mission is to ensure Putin’s safety without fail.
Putin’s bodyguards work under the slogan: “We check even the air the president breathes!”
1, months in advance to arrive at the site of the presidential visit to investigate. Before President Putin’s trip, the bodyguards arrive at the presidential visit site for an in-depth understanding of, among other things: the state of law and order in the area, the situation of religious sects, the level of ecological pollution. At the same time, they also check the hotel where Putin is staying, the places where he may stay, and even the food and water he will eat and drink.
Two, four layers of “protective circles”. When Vladimir Putin appears in public, there are at least four layers of “protective circles” around him: the first layer is a personal bodyguard, usually a few big men; the second layer is plainclothes men mixed in with the crowd; the third layer is guards standing around the crowd; the fourth layer is farthest away from the president, who is ambushed on the rooftop by snipers, ready to eliminate threats to the president! People of personal safety.
As Vladimir Putin’s bodyguards, they put life and death at risk and did their utmost to protect President Putin’s safety and make sure that nothing went wrong.
Over the years, according to Russian media, Putin has been in many dangerous situations, but in the end, with the protection of his bodyguards, he managed to avoid at least eight assassinations.
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