tristes_tigres' Journal

Много шума из ничего

Дипломатические телеграммы на Викиликс вряд ли откроют что-то существенное. Утекла, похоже, рутинная бюрократическая переписка не очень высокого уровня. Телеграмма про кавказскую свадьбу, впрочем, умеренно забавная. Тут тебе и доставка водки "Белуга Экспорт" самолётом c Урала, и пляшущий Рамзан Кадыров с позолоченным пистолетом в заднем кармане джинсов.

After Ramzan sped off, the dinner and drinking --
especially the latter -- continued. An Avar FSB colonel
sitting next to us, dead drunk, was highly insulted that we
would not allow him to add “cognac” to our wine. “It’s
practically the same thing,” he insisted, until a Russian FSB
general sitting opposite told him to drop it. We were
inclined to cut the Colonel some slack, though: he is head
of the unit to combat terrorism in Dagestan, and Gadzhi told
us that extremists have sooner or later assassinated everyone
who has joined that unit. We were more worried when an
Afghan war buddy of the Colonel’s, Rector of the Dagestan
University Law School and too drunk to sit, let alone stand,
pulled out his automatic and asked if we needed any
protection. At this point Gadzhi and his people came over,
propped the rector between their shoulders, and let us get
out of range.