CBS: Vladimir Putin tells Oliver Stone about escaping assassination attempts
Filmmaker Oliver Stone says Americans do not have a full picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He aims to change that with a new project, "The Putin Interviews," a four-part documentary shot over the course of two years that includes several conversations with the Russian president.
In one discussion, Stone brings up multiple assassination attempts against Putin.
"Three times president, five assassination attempts, I'm told. Not as much as [Fidel] Castro, who I've interviewed. I think he must have had about 50. But there's a legitimate five I've heard about," Stone said.
"Yes, I talked with Castro about that," Putin told Stone. "And he said to me, 'Do you know why I'm still alive?' I asked him, 'Why?' 'Because I was always the one to deal with my security personally.' But yeah, I do my job. And the security officers do theirs and they are still performing quite successfully."
"In other words, you trust your security, and they've done a great job," Stone said.
"I trust them," Putin said.
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Update: Putin talks to Oliver Stone about multiple assassination attempts (The Hill)
WNU Editor: I am not surprised that there have been assassination attempts on Russian President Putin's life, I am surprised that he (Putin) talked about it with Fidel Castro.