21 September 2022

I'M SURE IT'S JUST A COINCIDENCE

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(Reuters) -- "One-way flights out of Russia were rocketing in price and selling out fast on Wednesday after President Vladimir Putin ordered the immediate call-up of 300,000 reservists. Aeroflot (AFLT.MM), the country's flag-carrying airline, said it was not limiting ticket sales." --
And...
-- "Google searches for ‘how to break an arm at home,’ (как сломать руку в домашних условиях) have spiked since Putin made a decree for a ‘partial mobilization.’" --

Maybe threatening to go nuclear was a mistake as well.  

ARKANCIDE: MOSCOW EDITION

-- "Gerashchenko is the latest of several Russian businessmen, prominent figures and former allies of Vladimir Putin who have died in mysterious circumstances since the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, and the third this month." --