[mc32]

Russia knows no one is going to do anything about it.

This method lets people know what tools they are willing to use on an adversary. And it’s also a signature “we did it” so you don’t have to guess who’s after you. It serves as a warning to any upstarts as well.

It’s not all that different from the Ndraghetta bombings up and down Italy in the late XX cent.

[andai]

I'm thinking, if they wanted to do it quietly, we wouldn't all be reading about it now.

[avmich]

Or they couldn't do it as quiet as they wanted. They're known for relative incompetence.

[acephal]

Man, organized crime in Italy and Mexico... Cosa Nostra were being extremely polite next to them.