The Federal Protective Service has allegedly tightened rules: staff are banned from taking photos on mobiles, forced onto internet-free devices, barred from public transport and restricted to FSO vehicles. Surveillance measures are reportedly installed in homes of cooks, photographers and bodyguards.
Heightened precautions reportedly extend to 10 senior generals, including three deputy chiefs of the General Staff. The moves follow concerns about information leaks since March 2026 and come after the December 2025 car-bomb killing of Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, which was widely reported as linked to Ukraine. Meanwhile, a lipreader claimed Donald Trump told King Charles that "Putin wants war," adding to global unease.