Surveillance around the leader has reached new heights.

Putin’s 27 July decree sets the total authorised strength of the Russian Armed Forces at 2,426,130 posts, including 1,535,000 military personnel. The remaining roughly 891,000 posts are civilian and ...

Vladimir Putin has increased the number of staff at the central headquarters of Russia’s Federal Protective Service (FSO) ...

Vladimir can sense that he is going to lose in Ukraine but wants to go out fighting and keep Russian forces in Ukraine, even if only a small portion of Ukraine, for as long as possible. Part of this ...