[Destro]

This is Itar-Tass - which loves to load the news and Russophobes like Top take it and run with it.

[redgolum]

If only the main export in the Middle East was turnips. Then we wouldn't have to worry so much about them right now.

Good point about the Russians. Russia used to be between China and the Byzantines. One invented bureaucracy, the other took it to new heights. The Russians learned rather well how to take your wallet and have you thank them for it.