[samson1097]

I would be suprised too suprised if the real target were Medvedev. I can think of someone who would feel obligated to run the country with his passing.

[snarks_when_bored]

Where’s the polonium-210 when you need it?

[gondramB]

>>A man with a sniper rifle and Kalashnikov assault gun was found and detained in a rented apartment overlooking Moscow’s St Basil’s Cathedral, on March 2, the day of the Presidential election in Russia.<<

This is clearly the government’s fault for not banning assault weapons.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

[KarlInOhio]

Vladimir Putin assassination attempt 'foiled'

Was I the only one wondering if the title referred to an assassination attempt against Putin or an assassination attempt by Putin?

[higgmeister]

Shakhvelad Osmanov

RoP MA Bump!

[higgmeister]

Those Pycckos better learn who their friends are.

[Gorzaloon]

I doubt this happened.

It's just another Reichstag Fire to justify a further descent into totalitarianism. What little remains of the embryonic Democracy/Svboda beginnings died today

[Levante]

“Putin assassination attempt foiled”

Sounds like a trumped up excuse for Pukin to begin a purge...

[JasonC]

If true - which I doubt - nice try, next time get it right, it couldn't happen to a more deserving scumbag.

[dr_who_2]

The gunman was named by the newspaper as Shakhvelad Osmanov, a 24-year-old Tajik national. His sniper rifle was said to be foreign-made and to have optical lenses, it said.

It would be interesting to see if anyone has ever made a sniper rifle with non-optical lenses.

[dr_who_2]

The FSB was said to be hunting for the organisers of the crime. For now, the man is arrested and charged with firearms offences. The paper said that Osmanov is not thought to be the mastermind behind the assassination bid.

Let the purges and show trials begin. Stalin is back.

[M. Espinola]

Now tyrant Putin’s KGB thugs will begin rounding up ‘the usual suspects’, or maybe this was another Kremlin invented excuse to eliminate those in Russia who still don’t worship ‘the great leader’.

[Freelance Warrior]

1. "Tvoy den" ("Your day") is a tabloid;

2. The spot where Putin and Mdevedev were, can't be seen from the address mentioned in the article.

from Google earth Notes: 1. The arrow points to the presumed sniper's nest, 2. Putin's way out of the Kremlin outlined in red. The distance is approx. 560 yards.