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Heavily-armed Finland fires warning to Vladimir Putin as nation vows to FIGHT if attacked 3. Ukrainian drone strikes major oil refinery inside Russia in fresh blow for Putin 4. Russia warns UK will 'cease to exist' in nuclear WW3 saying Britain will vanish 5. 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The retired colonel in the Federal Security Service had been in charge of the briefcase carrying the Russian nuclear controls which always accompanies the Kremlin leader. He is known to have performed this role as aide-de-camp to former President Boris Yeltsin. He continued in the security service rising to the role of colonel under his successor Vladimir Putin, but his precise role for the ex-KGB spy is unclear. Boris Yeltsin’s nuclear briefcase exhibited at Yektsin Center, Yekaterinburg ( Image: Stanislav Kozlovskiy/east2west news) Zimin was found with gunshot wounds in the kitchen of his flat in Krasnogorsk, Moscow region. At the time, his common law wife - a medic - was away treating the wounded from Putin’s war in Ukraine. The shooting came as Zimin was facing criminal investigation for alleged bribe-taking after joining the customs service in a senior role, reported Moskovsky Komsomolets. PROMOTED STORIES Yeltsin's briefcase being passed to Putin ( Image: Yeltsin Center/east2west news) He was under house arrest over the criminal case. He had denied any wrongdoing. Zimin was discovered by his brother - who had been reportedly in the bathroom at the time of the shooting on Monday. He lay in a pool of blood with a wound to the head. Click for Sound Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to playTap to play The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Video will play in Watch again Putin is ‘worried’ about coup says commentator We pay for stories! Send your videos to video@trinitymirror.com An Izh 79-9TM traumatic pistol was lying nearby. Only one picture exists of the secretive colonel. The briefcase contains the launch apparatus for the Kremlin’s strategic missiles. Putin is known to taunt the West by insisting the officer carrying the nuclear codes is visible beside him. He did this in April when attending the funeral of ultra-nationalist politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky in Moscow. Meanwhile, dramatic footage emerged yesterday showing the moment Russia's 55th colonel to die in the war was knocked out of the air when a Ukrainian missile struck his chopper. Lieutenant-Colonel Sergey Gundorov, 51, was struck near Volnovakha in the Donbas. Vadim Zimin, 53, (circled red) was found in his kitchen with gunshot wounds after facing graft allegations ( Image: Social media/east2west news) Don't Miss 1. Russia unveils 'Prometheus' system to wipe out nukes after chilling WW3 warning 2. Heavily-armed Finland fires warning to Vladimir Putin as nation vows to FIGHT if attacked 3. Ukrainian drone strikes major oil refinery inside Russia in fresh blow for Putin 4. Russia warns UK will 'cease to exist' in nuclear WW3 saying Britain will vanish The military helicopter flew on after being hit with a portable surface-to-air missile. 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