Security literacy

Vladimir Putin answered the question of the attempt on him in an interview for the new film by American director Oliver Stone. The excerpt from it was published by the CBS channel.

“Do we know, as the people say? They say this: who is destined to be hanged, he will not drown,” Putin said in response to Stone's replica. The director noted that, according to the information that deserves to be trustworthy, there were at least five attempts to attempt on the Russian president. At the same time, Fidel Castro, with whom Stone also made an interview, attempted “fifty times,” the director said.

“I spoke with Castro on this score,” Putin answered. “And he told me:“ You know why I am alive? ”I said:“ Why? ” -“ Because I always practiced my safety personally. ”

Putin noted that he was satisfied with the work of his guard and trusts her. “I am doing my job, and security officers are doing their own,” said Putin. “So far, they all did it well.”

The film "Interview with Putin" will be released on June 12 on the Showtime TV channel. It consists of four parts. The shooting lasted two years and included several conversations with the head of state. As the director explained, the purpose of the film was to replenish the gaps in the presentation of the Americans about the Russian president.

For the first time, reports about the alleged attempt on Putin appeared in February 2000, before his first presidential elections. Then it was reported that the attempt was planned during Putin’s trip to the funeral of Anatoly Sobchak. In October 2003, a few months before the elections, it was reported to prevent another assassination, to the organization of which Boris Berezovsky was allegedly involved.

In October 2007, reports appeared again about the impending attempt on Putin. This time it was allegedly planned during his visit to Tehran. Putin did not cancel the trip. In February 2008, it was already reported about the impending attempt on Dmitry Medvedev, who at that moment was a presidential candidate.

In March 2008, the newspaper "Your Day" reported that on the day of the presidential election, the FSB prevented the attempt on Putin and Medvedev. The alleged crime contractor - a 24 -year -old native of Tajikistan, Shahwalad Osmanov - was detained a few hours before the planned terrorist attack. According to the publication, Putin and Medvedev planned to kill during a concert on Red Square.

In February 2012, Channel One said that the persons detained in Odessa, who were on the international wanted list, showed that immediately after the presidential election in Russia, they were preparing an attempt on Putin. On January 4, 2012, an explosion thundered in one of the Odessa apartments. As a result, Ruslan Madayev died, and the survivor Ilya Pyanzin said that they flew from the Arab Emirates through Turkey with clear instructions from the representatives of Doku Umarov. The first channel showed the personnel interrogation personnel, as well as an interview with a detainee in February, a native of Chechnya Adam Osmayev. He stated that the ultimate goal of the group was "trying to make an attempt on Putin's Prime Minister," while "the deceased was ready to go to a suicide bomber."

On February 28, 2014, Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov called blasphemous statements that the story of preventing the attempt was pre-election. "Given the seriousness of the impending attempt on Vladimir Putin, taking into account the fact that the really serious danger received confirmation during the preliminary proceedings, such statements are at least blasphemous," Peskov said.

According to Peskov, the message about the prepared attempt did not affect "either Putin’s mood or the working rhythm. According to a spokeswoman, Putin knows about each attempt to attempt, but this "never leads to the fact that he changes his work schedule: he does not refuse either planned trips or visits to certain objects."

In September 2013, the alleged Pyanzin was sentenced in Russia to ten years in prison . Osmaeva was not issued to Russia, as he successfully appealed the decision on extradition to the ECHR.