40 Million Russians To Take Part In "Nuclear Disaster" Drill, Days After US General Warns Of War With Moscow
by Tyler Durden
Oct 3, 2016 9:47 PM Zero Hedge
As relations between Russia and the US
disintegrate as a result of the escalating proxy war in Syria, which
today culminated with Putin halting a Plutonium cleanup effort with the US, shortly before the US State Department announced it would end negotiations with
Russia over Syria, tomorrow an unprecedented 40 million Russian
citizens, as well as 200,000 specialists from "emergency rescue
divisions" and 50,000 units of equipment are set to take part in a four
day-long civil defense, emergency evacuation and disaster preparedness drill, the Russian Ministry for Civil Defense reported on its website.
According to the ministry, an all-Russian civil defense drill
involving federal and regional executive authorities and local
governments dubbed "Organization of civil defense during large natural and man-caused disasters in the Russian Federation" will
start tomorrow morning in all constituent territories of Russia and
last until October 7. While the ministry does not specify what kind of
"man-caused disaster" it envisions, it would have to be a substantial
one for 40 million Russians to take part in the emergency preparedness
drill. Furthermore, be reading the guidelines of the drill, we can get a
rather good idea of just what it is that Russia is "preparing" for.
The website adds that "the main goal of the drill is to practice
organization of management during civil defense events and emergency and
fire management, to check preparedness of management bodies and forces
of civil defense on all levels to respond to natural and man-made
disasters and to take civil defense measures." Oleg Manuilov, director
of the Civil Defence Ministry explained that the exercise will be a test
of how the population would respond to a "disaster" under an
"emergency" situation.
Some further details, on the 3-stage, 4 day drill:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-03/40-million-russians-take-part-radiation-disaster-drill-days-after-us-general-warns-w