Kremlin switches off CCTV protecting Vladimir Putin over assassination fears
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The Kremlin is said to have switched off CCTV protecting Vladmir Putin over fears the cameras could lead to his assassination.
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The decision is believed to have been taken after Israeli operatives used compromised cameras in Tehran during the operation that killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.Moscow feared that similar methods might be brought in to track the movements of senior Russian officials.The CCTV system operates separately from the vast network of hundreds of thousands of devices used to keep tabs on ordinary Russian citizens.Engineers only restored the system after attempting to disconnect it from the internet, the Financial Times revealed, citing individuals with knowledge of the situation.Israeli agents had gathered enormous quantities of footage from Tehran's traffic monitoring cameras before taking out the Ayatollah.They then employed AI-driven software to process millions of hours of recorded material.This enabled them to chart the Iranian capital, track behavioural...
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