VChK-OGPU and Rucriminal.info spoke with employees of the Valdai railway station, which services Putin's notorious armored train and the closed line. They said that on the night of the Kremlin's alleged drone attack on Putin's residence, an alarm was sounded, but no one heard the sounds of the drones or air defenses. It's worth noting that the station is serviced by a special unit of Russian Railways, which is also responsible for other classified transportation, including military cargo.
According to our sources, the depot workers were urgently alerted and given orders to prepare for evacuation, but this never took place. After some time, the staff was informed of the cancellation without explanation. Only later, through open sources, did employees learn of the alleged drone strike and air defense activity. However, none of the employees we interviewed heard explosions or gunshots. These are usually heard even if air defense is operating far from the facility. Either this was all part of a staging, or the drone was shot down somewhere at the entrance to the region, but the very appearance of drones in the Novgorod region was perceived as a threat to Putin's residence.
Maintenance of the closed railway infrastructure in Valdai is not carried out by regular railway units, but by employees of a special unit of Russian Railways. This special unit was created in 2018 and is headed by Mikhail Glazkov. This unit handles military transport, special trains, and other classified and top-secret shipments. Glazkov was the one who created the system for Special Facility No. 1 in Valdai. He is considered a member of the Kovalchuk clan. All personnel assigned to the depot and its branch were carefully screened and selected under the supervision of the FSB and the Federal Protective Service.
