Here, there, everywhere…

by Andy on November 30, 2004

Following claims that Spetsnaz special forces were in Kiev, ready to kill any democrat they saw, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov muses on the military’s latest deployments:

"If you follow the latest rumors, special units from the Russian GRU [the armed forces’ Main Intelligence Department] have acted in Iraq, Georgia, and have now landed near Kiev."

He forgot to mention the 200,000 troops stationed at Russia’s military base in Minnesota.  I think that one’s top secret.  Shame though - Russia’s military could do with a recruitment boost, and a slogan like this would come in pretty handy:

‘Join the Russian army — see the world!’