Putin Is Hiding Behind The Urals To Escape Ukraine’s Retaliation; The “elite” Fled With Him
5- 16.08.2026, 12:47
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The Kremlin leader rarely appears in Moscow and Sochi, fearing drones and "Flamingo."
Last week, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin publicly stated that he “has never been afraid of anything.”
It is telling that he said this in Novosibirsk—3,000 km from the Ukrainian border. Moreover, the Kremlin leader has recently shifted all his activities beyond the Urals, where Ukrainian drones and missiles can reach.
This was highlighted by the independent Russian publication “We Can Explain”.
In previous years, Putin traditionally spent most of August in Sochi. However, this year he broke with that tradition. The Russian dictator has stopped appearing at his residence there, as well as in Moscow. The Kremlin is trying to conceal this information.
“Following the intensification of Ukrainian attacks, his public itinerary has been shifting more and more noticeably toward Siberia and the Far East, although the Kremlin continues to report closed-door meetings labeled ‘Moscow’… The Kremlin ‘elite,’ following their leader, fled beyond the Urals and set up elite residences for themselves in places out of reach of Ukrainian drones,” the publication noted.
Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Sberbank CEO German Gref, Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller, and others have moved to the Altai Mountains. Also, according to the publication, Putin has further tightened his already unprecedented security measures. In particular, he has begun to conceal his movements more thoroughly.