A secret railway and a community of stations resulting in his residences have been in-built Russia for Vladimir Putin, the president of the aggressor nation. Earlier, it was reported that Putin has began travelling across the nation on his armoured prepare.
Supply: Proekt (Project) investigative media outlet
Quote: “All of Vladimir Putin’s essential residences have been related to railway strains, and secret stations have been constructed close by, because the Mission has discovered. This confirms the stories of the File Heart that the pinnacle of state has not too long ago begun to make use of the prepare extra usually than the airplane.”
Particulars: The media outlet has discovered a minimum of three areas that could be related to Putin’s secret railway service.
Specifically, on the territory of the Valdaysky Nationwide Park, there’s a guarded railway station with a helipad close to the village of Dolgiye Borody, the closest settlement to Putin’s favorite Valday residence. Three native residents advised the media outlet that the station and a particular railway line to it have been constructed just for the president.
As well as, based on satellite tv for pc pictures, the station in Novo-Ogaryovo appeared in 2015 and is positioned 400 metres from Putin’s residence in Moscow Oblast. The land below the station was withdrawn from non-public possession in favour of the Federal Guard Service by the choice of the then Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev. The particular station itself is designed for a small variety of vehicles and is hidden behind a excessive fence with surveillance cameras put in each 10 metres.
To cease the prepare close to the Sochi residence Bocharov Ruchey, a platform and a brand new dead-end railway line appeared in 2017, hidden from the tracks utilized by electrical trains by a excessive fence.
The president’s particular prepare has repeatedly been caught on digital camera by trainspotters and railway employees. For instance, in November 2018 or April 2020.
In accordance with the previous driver with whom the Proekt spoke, Putin’s armoured prepare is predicated in a depot on the Moscow-Kalanchyovskaya railway station with a closed terminal for VIPs. This particular station continues to be functioning, and the excessive fence surrounding it’s moreover strengthened with barbed wire. In 2017, a brand new freeway was laid on to the platform of the VIP terminal on Kalanchyovskaya. The president’s particular prepare belongs to the Grand Service Specific Firm, which was related to Putin’s shut buddy Yury Kovalchuk.
Background:
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On 13 February, the File Heart reported that Vladimir Putin has been more and more utilizing an armoured train for long-distance journeys to his residences, which he switched to within the spring of 2021.
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In December 2022, it was reported that Putin has an in depth chain of secret bunkers stretching from Moscow to the Urals, and new underground shelters proceed to be in-built Russia.
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