we have a russian here in our office. when the iron curtain went down, he got his family on one of the first planes out, and is now an american citizen..
I asked him what the russians would do, and he said he does not know, it has not happened to the russians yet..
I asked him why that was..
He said, “ because we would have killed them all”..
Amusing, but it has been attempted. Somali Pirates tried for a Russian vessel, and were captured. Equally amusing: They were set adrift in a leaky lifeboat 600 miles from the nearest land with no map or compass.