Putin Survives Assassination Attempt - All You Need To Know About The Russian President’s Limousine

However, it is not yet known when exactly the assassination attempt on Mr Vladimir Putin took place. Moreover, it is also been reported that numerous arrests have also been made in the country following the assassination attempt of the Russian President.

Looking at the incident, it is hard to imagine that the Russian President survived the assassination attempt without any injuries. Though details of the vehicle that survived the assassination attempt are not yet out, the Russian President has been known to be using a Russian-made Aurus Senat Presidential Limousine.

This new Aurus Senat Presidential Limousine replaced the Russian President's Mercedes-Benz S 600 Pullman, and it is developed in Russia by the NAMI as part of "Kortezh" project. Moreover, the Aurus Senat Presidential Limousine made its public debut at the Fourth Inauguration of Vladimir Putin in 2018.

There is also a standard variant of the Aurus Senat for Russian oligarchs to putter around in the country and it measures 5,631mm long and weighs around 2,700kg. However, the Russian President's Aurus Senat Presidential Limousine measures 6,700mm and weighs a mammoth 7,200kg.

However, a majority of this bulk is credited to life-saving armour in the Aurus Senat Presidential Limousine. This armour includes bulletproofing, reinforced glass, bomb-resistant underfloor structure, solid 'run-flat- rubber tyres, integrated "offensive" weapons, and an oxygen supply in case of tacking a bio-war. Moreover, the ballistic protection is rated at VR10.

To haul this such a heavily armoured limousine, folks in Russia took some help from the German sportscar manufacturer Porsche and plonked a 4.4-litre, twin-turbocharged, V8 petrol engine with a 9-speed automatic transmission.

Apart from that, the Presidential Limousine also benefits from a hybrid system with a single electric motor. In combined form, this powertrain produces a total of 590bhp of peak power and 889Nm of peak torque.

The Russian state media claims that the Aurus Senat can sprint from a standstill to 100km/h in just 6 seconds and continue accelerating till it reaches an electronically0limited 250km/h topspeed. However, we are not sure whether these performance figures represent the Aurus Senat Presidential Limousine or the standard 'Oligarch' variant.

While the standard Aurus Senat luxury sedan comes with features such as individual chairs at the rear, powered curtains, and numerous other functions, the details about the interior of the Aurus Senat Presidential Limousine are still under wraps.

Speaking about the Russian President, Mr Vladimir Putin has been in the international news ever since he decided to invade Ukraine. Recently, a group of politicians from St Petersburg appealed to the state Duma to charge Mr Putin with treason and strip him of power for Russia's military loss in Ukraine.

Thoughts About Vladimir Putin's Assassination Attempt & His Armoured Limousine

While assassination attempts on leaders and politicians are part of 'Occupational Hazard', an attempt of this magnitude further signifies the importance of armoured vehicles for global leaders, and the Aurus Senat Presidential Limousine has proved its mettle by protecting the President of Russia.