MOSCOW - As one of the most brutal mercenary forces marched on Moscow, some among Russia’s elite trembled in fear that the world’s biggest nuclear power was teetering on the brink of what President Vladimir Putin said could have been a civil war. Read more at straitstimes.com.
some among Russia’s elite trembled in fear that the world’s biggest nuclear power was teetering on the brink of what President Vladimir Putin said could have been a civil war.
“A new reality has dawned in Russia,” a senior Russian source told Reuters on condition of anonymity when asked what had happened. “The speed and gravity of whatever this was has completely shocked everyone, including in the Kremlin,” the source said. The former KGB spy used the dreaded Russian word “smuta” which means unrest, turmoil or trouble and is associated in Russian minds with the so-called “time of troubles” which preceded the rise of the Romanov dynasty in 1613.
Air ticket prices from Moscow were also soaring for trips to destinations such as Belgrade, Istanbul and Dubai.
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