{"id":48280,"date":"2016-09-09T06:50:16","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T10:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=48280"},"modified":"2016-09-09T06:50:16","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T10:50:16","slug":"vladimir-putins-favorite-driver-killed-in-car-crash-new-york-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=48280","title":{"rendered":"Vladimir Putin\u2019s favorite driver killed in car crash &#8212; New York Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/themillenniumreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Screen-Shot-2016-09-09-at-6.42.25-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34739\" src=\"http:\/\/themillenniumreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Screen-Shot-2016-09-09-at-6.42.25-AM.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-09-09-at-6-42-25-am\" width=\"671\" height=\"246\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"flag-region\"><\/div>\n<h1><a class=\"postid-10382089\" href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2016\/09\/07\/vladimir-putins-favorite-driver-killed-in-car-crash\/\">Vladimir Putin\u2019s favorite driver killed in car\u00a0crash<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; New York Post<\/h1>\n<div id=\"author-byline\">\n<p class=\"byline\">By <a class=\"yaron-steinbuch\" href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/author\/yaron-steinbuch\/\">Yaron Steinbuch<br \/>\n<\/a><strong>New York Post<\/strong><a class=\"yaron-steinbuch\" href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/author\/yaron-steinbuch\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a>September 7, 2016 <span class=\"separator\">|<\/span> 11:12am<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/players.brightcove.net\/2540076170001\/NykPWQNal_default\/index.html?videoId=5113927793001\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Vladimir Putin\u2019s favorite driver was killed while behind the wheel of an official state vehicle \u2014 a suspicious crash that has been called an \u201caudacious threat\u201d to the Russian president.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10382108\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a class=\"modal-trigger\">Modal Trigger<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-nypost-small-post wp-image-10382108\" src=\"http:\/\/thenypost.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/09\/embed.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=231&amp;strip=all\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 231px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thenypost.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/09\/embed.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, http:\/\/thenypost.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/09\/embed.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, http:\/\/thenypost.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/09\/embed.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, http:\/\/thenypost.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/09\/embed.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=231 231w, http:\/\/thenypost.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/09\/embed.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=462 462w\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"264\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The driver had more than 40 years<br \/>\nof experience.<span class=\"credit\">Photo: CEN<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Putin was not in the black BMW when it was struck head-on in Moscow by a car that swerved into its lane from the opposite direction, according to surveillance video of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The unidentified chauffeur, who had more than 40 years of experience, died and the driver of the other car was in critical condition, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/707732\/vladimir-putin-driver-killed-russia-crash\">according to reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The smash-up occurred Tuesday as Putin was in China for the G20 summit.<\/p>\n<p>No blame has been placed for the crash, but one pro-Putin Web site was quick to theorize it was possibly an assassination attempt by foreign agents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not very often that the head of state of a superpower nation is sent such a dramatic and violent message,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/themillenniumreport.com\/2016\/09\/did-the-neocon-criminal-cabal-just-send-a-message-to-president-vladimir-putin\/\">The Millennium Report said<\/a>. \u201cSuch an audacious threat to the life of President Putin can only be coordinated by an inside group of foreign secret service agents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2016\/09\/07\/vladimir-putins-favorite-driver-killed-in-car-crash\/\">http:\/\/nypost.com\/2016\/09\/07\/vladimir-putins-favorite-driver-killed-in-car-crash\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}