16 March 2015

Russians, at it again


David Stout has a Time article about Putin's scary decisions:
Russian President Vladimir Putin (photo) said he considered putting the country’s vast nuclear arsenal on alert to prevent outside agents from stopping the Kremlin’s forced annexation of the Crimea peninsula from the Ukraine last year.
Putin’s admission was aired during a prerecorded documentary called Homeward Bound, which was broadcast on a state-backed television network in the run-up to the first anniversary of the Crimea’s annexation later this week.
In the interview, Putin claimed he began hatching plans to seize the peninsula after Ukrainian President Viktor F. Yanukovych fled the country following months of protests. Putin also alleged he personally delivered direct orders to the country’s armed forces, as thousands of elite Russian soldiers fanned out across the Crimea in March of 2014.
When asked whether Moscow’s nuclear capabilities were also on standby, Putin answered bluntly: “We were ready to do it.”
The airing of Putin’s nuclear comments comes as the Russian strongman has seemingly vanished from the public sphere only days after a prominent opposition leader was assassinated within earshot of the Kremlin.
Putin was reportedly last seen on 5 March 2015, fueling rumors that he had fallen ill, or was caught up in an internal power struggle.
Rico says the guy defines 'scary motherfucker'...

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