Putin has 3 identical offices his residences to hide where he is when he goes on TV.
But a cascade of tiny details gives the whole thing away.
Light switches, door handles, wood patterns & wall seams.
Truly epic OSINT.
h/t @alburov
2. First, Putin had one office in his Novo-Ogarevo residence.
Then, paranoia kicked in. After he invaded Crimea it intensified.
Time for new digs, and elaborate deceptions to make him feel safe & project the image to Russians that he's an engaged Moscow-based leader.
3/ For something that cost so much, the number of substantial differences & subtle tells is overwhelming.
Undoing the entirety of the enterprise of deception.
You have to assume that Intelligence services have known these tells for a long time.
svoboda.org/a/systema-kabi…
4/ Continuity is hard, even for a dictator with vast resources.
5/ And as if it wasn't hard enough to make 3 cloned rooms with seams that lined up...
Russia's consta-breached everything (think: plane tickets, emails, payments)...
Plus lackeys that like to post online makes the deception even harder to maintain.
6/ "Hiding in residences even from one’s own environment – is quite a characteristic feature for leaders of regimes of a certain type,"
Indeed.
7/ This is your reminder of the truly painstaking investigative reporting at @SvobodaRadio that assembled this project
By Yelizaveta Surnacheva, Andrei Soshnikov &
Systema
EN [abridged]: rferl.org/a/kremlin-tric…
RU [full]: svoboda.org/a/systema-kabi…
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