An assassination attempt on Russian president Vladimir Putin has been foiled, Russian authorities claim.
The Federal Protection Service (FSO), responsible for the protection of top Russian officials, claims it has bettered a bid to kill the autocrat that would have allegedly seen explosives laid on a river bed below a bridge.
A barge has been suspected of laying explosives under an unnamed bridge that Putin’s motorcade was expected to travel down, according to the Telegram channel VChK-OGPU.
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The unidentified bridge is thought to be on the route from the Kremlin and Putin’s official residence outside of Moscow.
Just yesterday, the warmonger was at the Strong Ideas for New Time by the Russian Agency of Strategic Initiative at the World Trade Centre and videos have since emerged of security services close to the Novoarbatsky Bridge scouring the water.
According to the post on VChK-OGPU: “The FSO was checking information about the preparation of an assassination attempt on Putin with the help of explosives at the bottom of the Moskva River, laid down from a barge.
“A duty officer of the Federal Security Service reported a suspicious barge under the bridge.”
Reports claim divers were seen entering the water after the suspect barge was told to move, “due to the movement of motorcades over the bridge”.
The FSO is also understood to have checked the papers of the crew of the barge, which in turn said it was carrying out repairs to the bridge.
No information about the detection of explosives or parties that may have been involved has been given at the time of writing.
The activity has however been portrayed as a response to efforts to “assassinate Putin”.
This announcement comes amid the ongoing Ukrainian counter-offensive in the neighbouring country, and in the wake of what appears to be a failed attempt at a coup by the Wagner mercenary group.
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