Putin fears mob killing

VLADIMIR Putin is terrified of being killed like Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi, according to a leading expert.

The Russian leader, 68, fears the same fate as Gaddafi amid civil unrest in the country over the jailing of opposition leader Alexi Navalny.

Russian historian Yuri Felshtinsky says protests have convinced Putin he needs to get tough.

Putin, right, “obsessively” watches videos of Gaddafi being cornered by a mob and killed in 2011, says Felshtinsky.