BS. The enemy who aims to ruin the Sochi Olympics is Saudi Prince Bandar Bush, our great ally, who told Putin to his face,
”As an example, I can give you a guarantee to protect the Winter Olympics in the city of Sochi on the Black Sea next year. The Chechen groups that threaten the security of the games are controlled by us, and they will not move in the Syrian territory’s direction without coordinating with us. These groups do not scare us. We use them in the face of the Syrian regime but they will have no role or influence in Syria’s political future.”
So the question is how is Putin going to retaliate against the Saudis and their US allies.
>>So the question is how is Putin going to retaliate against the Saudis and their US allies.<<
In mid-1980s a wing of Paki F-16s downed a couple of Soviet bombers on a strafing run vs Taliban convoys delivering supplies to islamists in the mountains between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Shortly after, Soviet and Afghan POWs has started a revolt at Badaber airbase in Pakistan. All were slaughtered by the Pakis at the end.
Soviets demanded Pakistan to stop all aid to islamists and apologize for the events but none has followed.
As a result Soviet KGB and Afghan KHAD has started a campaign of terror within Pakistan claiming thousands of lives and a major blow to Paki infrastructure. They had numerous “accidents” at they powerplants, collapsing bridges, explosions at military bases etc. Soviet and Afghan airforces also disrupted air traffic in Pakistan, shooting Paki aircraft for “violating a Soviet airspace” well within Pakistan borders.
It has culminated with killing of Pakistan’s president ul-Haq and US ambassador to Pakistan in a misterious air crash in 1987.
Now compare a value of a couple jets and a dozen POWs for the Soviets 30 years ago and Olympics now which is a Putin’s most celebrated pet project.
Also note that Pakistan is a nuke power and Saudi Arabia isn’t.
Prince Bandar is overplaying his hand for sure.