Russian intelligence services turned out to be more efficient than their Croatian and French colleagues
The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation worked much more professionally than its foreign colleagues after the 2018 World Cup final,
He writes about it "Moscow's comsomolets", who recalled that during the award ceremony it began to rain, after which an umbrella was opened over the President of the Russian Federation, while the Presidents of Croatia and France continued to get wet in the rain.
The publication notes that the topic of the “single umbrella” has become taboo for the Kremlin press service; in addition, the Federal Security Service also refused official comments.
“It’s just that if you comment on this, you will inevitably have to criticize the security of distinguished foreign guests. In general, it is the personal security who should take care of the umbrella of a high-ranking official. She bears responsibility for the life and health of the person being protected. It is necessary to protect not only from bullets, but also from wind, hail, lightning, and rain. If you noticed, the security of the GDP is often even positioned so that it does not end up in a draft and is not blown through,” a source in the Kremlin told the newspaper.
He clarified that FSO employees have a raincoat or coat at the ready, and there is always an umbrella in the car in which the president is being transported, while the security officers knew the forecast for July 15, and therefore took the umbrella with them.
“Did you notice how quickly, “out of nowhere,” the employee with his back to the president took out an umbrella? How deftly did he open it and how did he hold it over it, without taking his eyes off the perimeter? Supreme craftsmanship! And the umbrella itself was so good - big, under it, like in a fairy tale under a mushroom, you could fit everyone. So there are no complaints here either,” the publication’s interlocutor is convinced.
In addition, it is noted that FSO employees are not required to have clothes and umbrellas in stock for foreign presidents.
“In addition, the security of some high-ranking foreign guests is generally against their charges, so to speak, being offered something “from the outside.” So all questions to the security of Macron and Grabar-Kitarovic. Why didn't they look at the weather forecast? Why didn't you take umbrellas with you? It's funny, but the President of France even has a bulletproof umbrella (its development became known six years ago). But for some reason the security didn’t take him or the simplest umbrella on a “business trip,” MK points out.
It is noteworthy that after some time the security of Macron and Grabar-Kitarovic corrected their mistake by opening umbrellas over the heads of their charges.
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