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by mc32 2115 days ago
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.

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I'm thinking, if they wanted to do it quietly, we wouldn't all be reading about it now.
Or they couldn't do it as quiet as they wanted. They're known for relative incompetence.
Man, organized crime in Italy and Mexico... Cosa Nostra were being extremely polite next to them.