Russian President Vladimir Putin has hunkered down in his ultra-secure Novo-Ogaryovo estate outside Moscow this week, amid spiralling fears of assassination plots modelled on the killing of Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei last month.
The 73-year-old leader, pictured earlier this week pottering around the grounds in a golf cart and tending to horses, is ringed by air defences and decoy setups designed to baffle any would-be attackers. These measures come as Moscow rolls out internet blackouts and Telegram curbs, leaving even frontline troops cut off.
