Inside Putin's Paranoia: Insights from a Defector and Ex-FSO Officer

Vladimir Putin is still on high alert for COVID-19 and has been forcing staff to quarantine, according to a former officer who worked with his security detail for over a decade. The Russian leader has been keeping himself on lockdown mode until at least late 2022. Putin only allowed staff members to work in the same room as him after a two-week quarantine period. The former FSO officer said Putin's staff were already becoming confused by the president's insistence on keeping to old pandemic restrictions.