[GBA]

Good to know that Putin has a handle on things over there.

Russia President Vladimir Putin looks on, bemused, as the handle on the door of the armored SUV comes off in the hand of General Aleksandr Shevchenko, while the chief of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff, General Valery Gerasimov, looks on, appalled.

[GBA]

How one handles the little things is often a clue to how one will handle the big things, but, otoh, sometimes stuff just happens...and at the worst possible time!

The rest of the story:

According to Russian news reports, the man who served as Putin’s tour guide -- General Aleksandr Shevchenko, the director of the Russian Defense Ministry’s Main Armored Directorate -- was eager to show Putin the specially built armored model of an SUV built by the Russian automotive giant UAZ.

With television cameras rolling, the entourage -- which included the chief of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff, General Valery Gerasimov -- walked to the front passenger-side door and Putin tried to open the door. An officer appearing to be Shevchenko went to help him, pulling on the door handle -- until he pulled it off.

Oops...

[Krosan]

That ship STINKS.

http://www.businessinsider.com/5-ways-the-russian-military-is-falling-apart-2015-8

“Plumbing problems in the ship limit the number of functioning latrines to 25 for her full crew of nearly 2,000.”