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First Passenger Train over new bridge into Crimea.

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First Passenger Train over new bridge into Crimea.
Posted by CMStPnP on Saturday, May 29, 2021 9:24 PM
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Posted by Overmod on Saturday, May 29, 2021 9:40 PM

The Russian Hell Gate Bridge!

And Wayne... they sing Katyusha at the end!

The interesting thing, if this is pro-Russian propaganda, is how unstaged so much of it seems to be.  (Aside from the rather stolid crowd scenes and the hand-out flags to wave...)  Perhaps after all these years of regime change the Russians are learning.  But I'd prefer to celebrate the achievement of the railroad, much as I sympathize with Ukraine.

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Saturday, May 29, 2021 10:01 PM

Overmod
And Wayne... they sing Katyusha at the end!

Of course!  Katyusha's  an old standard.

Another old standard is "The Sacred War" but not really appropriate in this situation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIBmrDUK_RU

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Posted by Gramp on Saturday, May 29, 2021 11:31 PM

Read that the strait is geologically  unstable. Mud volcanoes on average every 7 years. Bridge could sag or collapse. 

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Posted by BaltACD on Sunday, May 30, 2021 6:54 AM

CMStPnP

From December 2019.

Never too old to have a happy childhood!

              

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Posted by charlie hebdo on Sunday, May 30, 2021 8:28 AM

Russian aggression towards Ukraine is no laughing matter. Someone may give Mother Nature a helping hand with that bridge. 

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Posted by CMStPnP on Sunday, May 30, 2021 12:49 PM

BaltACD
From December 2019.

Yeah well, it costs money if you want me to run my own version of CNN.   As it is I do this for free when I find stuff.

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Posted by CMStPnP on Sunday, May 30, 2021 12:53 PM

charlie hebdo
Russian aggression towards Ukraine is no laughing matter. Someone may give Mother Nature a helping hand with that bridge. 

Watch this and listen to what the former Russian Legistlator says (center picture).....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKIaEYNinuI

 

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Posted by BaltACD on Sunday, May 30, 2021 4:11 PM

CMStPnP
 
charlie hebdo
Russian aggression towards Ukraine is no laughing matter. Someone may give Mother Nature a helping hand with that bridge.  

Watch this and listen to what the former Russian Legistlator says (center picture).....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKIaEYNinuI

Video is also 2 1/2 years old.

Never too old to have a happy childhood!

              

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