Putin lives in an 'information vacuum' and never uses a cellphone or the internet, a Russian intelligence officer who defected says

• Vladimir Putin lives in an "information vacuum," a Russian defector who accompanied him on trips said.
• Gleb Karakulov told the Dossier Center that Putin doesn't use a cellphone or the internet.
• Putin instead gathers information from secret service reports and Russian TV news channels, he said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin lives in an "information vacuum" and avoids using a cellphone or the internet to receive information, according to a senior Russian intelligence officer who defected last year.