Courtesy of Vitaly Brizhaty
- Former Russian federal security officer Vitaly Brizaty dramatically fled Russia and denounced Putin.
- He's one of the extremely rare FSO officers to do so — and says he's still being pursued for it.
- Now living in Ecuador, he's received messages saying he has "big problems at the Kremlin."
A former member of President Vladimir Putin's Federal Protective Service said that he has been pursued since he fled Russia and denounced the invasion of Ukraine.
Vitaly Brizhaty told Insider that he fled to Ecuador after months of trying to leave his job guarding one of the palaces used by Putin, an attempt that he says saw him interrogated and threatened with prison.