First Passenger Train over new bridge into Crimea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rElOElzngI

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.

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

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

From December 2019.

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

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.

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.