Putin is so paranoid that he has armed divers swimming around his private beach looking for assassins, an ex-security officer says

• Russian President Vladimir Putin is so paranoid that he will be killed, an ex-security officer said per reports.
• The ex-member of Putin's protection service reportedly said Putin has armed divers looking for would-be assassins. 
• "This is how much he fears for his life," Vitaly Brizhaty told Russian outlet TV Rain, according to a report. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin is so paranoid that he has armed divers on the hunt for would-be assassins around his private beaches and deliberately gives out bogus information to his own bodyguards, according to a defected ex-security officer.