article_snippet: Opposition politician Ilya Yashin said Putin was sending a signal: 'These are my people, do not touch These.'
article_snippet: Putin revealed yesterday that Putin held an all-night conclave of Putin defence and secret services cardinals ahead of Putin order last year to restore Crimea to Russia.
article_snippet: In a trailer for a new TV documentary, Putin admitted calling Putin security chiefs to the Kremlin for a secret meeting to order his security chiefs to save the life of deposed Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych.
article_snippet: The Russians allege the West was complicit in the toppling of pro-Moscow Yanukovych so threatening Russia's national security. '
article_snippet: I invited the leaders of our special services and the defence ministry to the Kremlin and set the leaders of our special services and the defence ministry to the Kremlin the task of saving the life of the president of Ukraine, who would simply have been liquidated,' said Putin. '
article_snippet: When our were parting, I told all my colleagues, "our are forced to begin the work to bring Crimea back into Russia".'