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[Ukrainian Ranger]

It looks like something way more serious than clans. Morning may bring some interesting news.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[da_nang]

They should pull the referendum and separatist cards, just to see the hypocrisy in Putin's eyes.

[Sergarr]

Not going to happen when Kadyrov is alive.

[Guardian G.I.]

Apparently, a group of Chechen Islamists went on a raid into the city, ran into police forces and took over the Chechen Press House office. According to RIA Novosti, some surviving Islamists are currently holed up inside a school near the city centre and police forces are trying to dislodge them out. BBC report adds nothing new.
Out of pure curiosity, I decided to check out how Russian liberals cover the event - they firmly supported the Chechen nationalists and Wahhabi Islamists during the two wars in Chechnya, in spite of their crimes and atrocities. Grani.Ru calls them with noble-sounding terms "Mujahideen" and "partisans", unlike the above linked websites, which call them "insurgents" or "militants". They didn't change at all, I guess.

Also, Putin is currently giving a speech to the Russian parliament.

[Ukrainian Ranger]

Moscow Junta doesn't want to negotiate with peaceful protesters

[Ukrainian Ranger]

To be serious:

Good luck Ichkerian Fighters. I am not a supporter of Islamism everyone here knows that but that kind of Mujahideen have my full support. Going in the enemy city to fight till death is a proper martyrdom unlike that shit with blowing up random civilians. And your declared goal "revenge for dishonored women" is a noble one, unlike that shit of creating "worldwide emirate"

Kill as many scum from gangs called "Russian police", "FSB", "Russian armed forces" as you can. Make them pay for kidnapped, raped and killed Ichkerian women.

[Sergarr]

Feminists would not like you for that statement, UR 

[Ukrainian Ranger]

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

[Erkki]

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

I guess most militaries prefer loose fire discipline over casualties.

[Helgoland]

Western militaries do not. Collateral damage is bad press, yo.

[Sheb]

Well, how many people were in that school, apart from militant? If it was empty, that's an appropriate response.

[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.

[FearfulJesuit]

The dollar is now at 54.25 rubles and climbing.

I wonder how this is going to play out, long-term...at some point, it doesn't matter how heavy-handed you try to make your control of the economy- if something cannot keep going on forever, it will eventually stop. Putin isn't up for election again until 2018, which he'll almost certainly win anyways- he's too popular not to, and it's not like the competition is much better. Another bout of hyperinflation seems like the most likely outcome. In many countries (such as Argentina when I visited two years ago), people keep their savings in dollars, and shopkeepers prefer dollars to the local scrip- but Argentina's government isn't particularly heavy-handed, just incompetent at economics, and you certainly can't spend dollars or euros in Russia.

[smjjames]

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......

[Sheb]

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.