He always carries it with him/Putin on alert, appears again with the "nuclear bag"

Vladimir Putin was seen again today in public with his "nuclear bag". Two of Vlad's security guards were seen carrying black boxes as he laid flowers in Volgograd on the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory in the Battle of Stalingrad. According to TheSun , the Russian dictator paid tribute to fallen Soviet soldiers at the Mamayev Kurgan memorial.

One of the bags is believed to be a collapsible shield to protect Putin in case of gunfire - while the other is thought to contain the launch button for the Kremlin's nuclear weapons.

The bag - which has a personalized code - is under 24/7 surveillance and is thought to control Moscow's nuclear arsenal. It is said to be overseen by an armed security officer who accompanies Putin wherever he travels. The bag, called Cheget in Russian, was developed in the early 1980s and was shown to the world for the first time in 2019.

The case is often seen in the hands of an assistant - and there are said to be 3 in total.