IF Russian invade Europe again

Russian tanks descending on Warsaw and Berlin? Missiles lobbed at Washington and London? Such are the scenarios aired by a Russian national television program in response to suggestions that world leaders mark the defeat of Nazi Germany somewhere other than in Moscow.

In a recent segment broadcast by the St. Petersburg-based Channel 5 station, presenter Nika Strizhak and a reporter suggest sending Russian tanks, fighter jets, and nuclear missiles to Western capitals should world leaders snub Russia's celebration of the 70th anniversary of Victory Day in May.

"It's a very intriguing idea to move our Victory Day parade to London or Berlin. We could certainly display our tanks in Warsaw and hold a large, European tour," Strizhak said in the February 8 broadcast of her weekly news and commentary show, Glavnoye.

The segment, an apparent stab at satire, came in response to comments by Polish Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna last week supporting an idea to have world leaders mark the anniversary in Gdansk.

"It's not natural that tributes marking the end of the war should be organized where the war began," Schetyna said, according to the AP, which noted that he appeared to be referring to the secret 1939 pact between Germany and the Soviet Union to carve up Eastern Europe.

Strizhak proceeds to pass the baton to a reporter who explains the relative ease with which Russian tanks and fighter jets could reach numerous European capitals.

"Warsaw is too easy. It's only 1,300 kilometers from Moscow to the Polish capital," he intones as dramatic music pulsates in the background, adding that Russian tanks could make it to the Warsaw suburbs "in less than a day."

He adds that Berlin is just 1,800 kilometers away and would be "a nice place for a friendly visit" for the May 9 Victory Day celebrations, Russia's most revered national holiday.

"That [distance] is nothing for a modern army. Furthermore, many Russian officers know Germany pretty well. They won't even need any maps," he says in the report, which segues into animation showing tanks rumbling into a city as a German flag is lowered and replaced by the Russian tricolor.

"Prague, Helsinki, Vilnius, Tallinn, Riga: Those are all very close," he adds.

The reporter then sets his sights on London and Washington, which, he notes, will require "significant advanced planning" and the involvement of the Russian Navy and Air Force.

"But there's still time until May," he says. "We have a big army. There's enough for everyone and for Moscow as well."

He ends the segment by noting "with regret" that Russia's "Western partners" won't be able to see the Russian military's Iskander and Satan missiles on parade.

"Those can only be delivered from Russia by air," he says as an animated missile, outfitted with a smiley-face decal, rises into the air.

Channel 5 is owned by the National Media Group, in which Bank Rossia owns a stake. The bank's largest shareholder, Yury Kovalchuk, is a close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin who has been hit with U.S. and EU sanctions over the Kremlin's interference in Ukraine.

The EU says Bank Rossia, which has also been hit with sanctions by both Washington and Brussels, owns "important stakes in the National Media Group, which in turn controls television stations that actively support the Russian government's policies of destabilization of Ukraine."

-- Carl Schreck



Source: http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-tv-details-invasion-of-europe/26842837.html


Would T-90 stand a chance against Leopard II and Tiger? I wonder

World in Conflict expansion confirmed, Kappa

I can see a reasonable discussion incoming... NOT

Even if Russians manage to achieve success with Europe invasion, Russian economy would collapse way faster then USA/remaining Euro economy would be mobilized. Its usual "Russia are strong, whole world should fear us" propaganda nonsense, which have 0 connection to reality.

Even if Russians manage to achieve success with Europe invasion, Russian economy would collapses way faster then USA/remaining Euro economy would be mobilized. Its usual "Russia are strong, whole world should fear us" propaganda nonsense, which have 0 connection to reality.

Isn't Russian economy already collapsed? Kappa

Isn't Russian economy already collapsed? Kappa

Depends on what you want to call "collapse". For people who survived fall of USSR it is noting, but for others Russian currency felt pretty hard.

Depends on what you want to call "collapse". For people who survived fall of USSR it is noting, but for others Russian currency felt pretty hard.

How do you explain Ruble dropped like fly in late 2014?

A-10.

How do you explain Ruble dropped like fly in late 2014?

Oil price low

Oil price low

That's cuz USA demanded to lower it

You sure that isn't satire? If not, that has to rank amongst the more inane sabre rattling I've ever seen. Still, if the Russians invade, they are free to keep Berlin. Nothing good ever came out of that city anyways, plus they would be bankrupted within 6 months.

Oh God, no.

No, to the ideas inherent in the OP. They are too awful to contemplate.

No, to the idea that young adults die,and may continue to die, bcs of the failure of older people, who call themselves politicians, who cannot resolve their differences by negotiation.

No, to the idea that this board is the appropriate place to hammer it out. There are other places on the web to protest about this this. And you should.

But here - no.

Please do not start pertinent ideas here, like this thread -it is not the place.