[MarMema]

This is not designed for negotiation. Hostages with explosives wired to them.....

May God welcome these good Russian people and hold them tightly with love and peace until their time is up.
I am very upset as three of my children are from Russia and we have many friends there. The Russians are like extended family for us. We have been there many many times and really fallen in love with the country and people.

[laconic]

The Delta flight into Moscow from New York is known playfully as the "adoption flight" because of so many prospective American parents. I find the Russkis to be far more like us than most Europeans.