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[Guardian G.I.]

Spoiler: 5 militiants captured a building? Russian way to solve a problem (click to show/hide)

 

That was a school

What can I say?  Russian special forces are cowards

It reminds me of an incident that happened in my home town in the late 1970s. My dad told me about it once.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

One summer day, a soldier at a local military base snapped and escaped the base with his assault rifle. Later on, he somehow made his way through the town centre to the city park. Around 21:00 he hid in the bushes surrounding the park entrance and opened fire at people returning home.
The area where the incident took place was a quiet residential district - the park entrance was located near a school, the local Pioneer's House and some blocks of flats. A few blocks away, the local party headquarters was located. My dad lived with his parents in a building nearby.
The police arrived and a shootout began, they pinned the gunman down, but they failed to kill him. The military sent a BTR to the scene. The BTR swept through the bushes and other foliage with its KPVT heavy machine gun, killing the gunman and heavily damaging the facade of the Pioneer's House in the process. Fortunately, the building was empty at that moment.
The military warned the locals against spreading the news about the incident. It wasn't reported in the local press at all.

What's a BTR? And um, yeah, talk about overkill......

A Soviet line of APCs. The one that took part in that shootout was probably a BTR-70.

[FearfulJesuit]

and you certainly can't spend dollars or euros in Russia.

Yet. It could change still. I must say things are going downhill for Russia a bit faster than I though they would.

How likely do you think is an investor run?7

Edit: A BTR is a Russian Infantry Fighting Vehicle. A kind of light Armored Transport/Tank crossover.

There's already an investor run...Russia's Finance Ministry says 2014 will see nearly $100 billion of capital outflows by the time the year comes to an end. And most of the ruble's collapse has been in the past few weeks, so beginning 2015 we're going to start seeing a real crash.

[Sheb]

So, what are cool Russians stuff that would be worth buying, now that their money is crashing down?

[Sergarr]

So, what are cool Russians stuff that would be worth buying, now that their money is crashing down?

A fully operational railgun?

[Helgoland]

So, what are cool Russians stuff that would be worth buying, now that their money is crashing down?

Oil and diamonds? One could try short-selling fur or timber as well, or even premium vodka, under the assumption that the prices of Russian products on the international market will drop due to inflation.

[Descan]

Nukes.

[Sergarr]

Nukes.

you're joking, right?

right?

[FearfulJesuit]

It's not out of the question. There are a number of Soviet-era warheads that went missing during the breakup of the USSR and remain unaccounted for.

[Helgoland]

right?

If you keep using that font, I'll help him aquire one.

[LordSlowpoke]

right?

If you keep using that font, I'll help him aquire one.

the only way you guys are going to get a nuke is if i get to choose where exactly it goes pomf=3

[Erkki]

right?

If you keep using that font, I'll help him aquire one.

the only way you guys are going to get a nuke is if i get to choose where exactly it goes pomf=3

In the office of the Great Successor maybe? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHD22hqiDGU

[smjjames]

right?

If you keep using that font, I'll help him aquire one.

the only way you guys are going to get a nuke is if i get to choose where exactly it goes pomf=3

In the office of the Great Successor maybe? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHD22hqiDGU

Lol the Obama caricature.

[Baffler]

In the office of the Great Successor maybe? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHD22hqiDGU

That was... interesting.

[Ukrainian Ranger]

Russian stock market keeps going down. It is not collapsing fast, but

RTS Index lost 37% since January 1
RTS Industry index lost 61%
RTS Telecom index lost 53%
RTS Goods & Retail lost 38%
RTS Oil and Gas lost 32% (Oil prices, oil prices)
RTS metals and mining lost 7% (I think it is less dependent on foreign capital)

[Sergarr]

These losses are on pretty much the same level as the currency devaluation, though. I'm sure the losses in the real sector of economy are comparatively less than what these numbers would lead to indicate. Haven't heard about massive lay-offs of workers.