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Ukraine’s open-source intelligence analysis group OSINT-Bees has identified four individuals reportedly serving as some of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest guards.
“Operative Information Center-OMM” reports that the group shared the information.
According to the group, the individuals are among Putin’s closest guards and aides. They are reportedly sometimes accommodated in the same location as the president, or even in neighboring rooms, during his trips.
OSINT-Bees refers to them as “aides-de-camp” and compares them with officials who served the tsars during the Russian Empire.
According to the report, all four men are from Moscow or the Moscow region and serve in the Presidential Security Service of Russia’s Federal Protective Service. They are reportedly at the rank of lieutenant colonel or below.
Who are Putin’s four aides?
Alexey Melnikov – He is 39. He is reportedly a graduate of the Federal Protective Service Academy. Photographs show him accompanying Putin on various official trips. The group also notes that photographs of him vacationing with his wife are available.
Sergey Moskalenko – He is 43. Images released publicly show him attending meetings between Putin, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and other world leaders. He is believed to have graduated from the Golitsyn Border Institute of Russia’s Federal Security Service.
Konstantin Panin – He is 43. He is frequently seen alongside the president in photographs taken during Putin’s trips within Russia, according to the report.
Ivan Rozhko – He is 38. He is reportedly from the village of Barybino in Moscow Region’s Domodedovo district. He is also described as a graduate of the Federal Protective Service Academy.
The group says the men frequently appear beside Putin in photographs and footage released by the Kremlin during his domestic and foreign trips. However, it emphasizes that publicly available information about their work and personal lives remains limited.
Mark Galeotti, the author of a book about Putin, told Newsweek that the men were selected from the Presidential Security Service and knew how to conduct themselves while accompanying the president.
Presidential security details typically operate with a high degree of discretion, and information about their personnel, routines and assignments is rarely officially disclosed. As a result, open-source identifications are generally based on repeated appearances in publicly released photographs and video rather than official confirmation.
