It Takes $34.22 to Blow up a Russian Airplane
The two Chechen ladies, who caused the double plane crash on August 24, had to bribe a score of Russian officials to get on board.
First, they both were detained by the airport police for routine security check. "Security check" is a popular form of extortion among Moscow's 145.000 underpaid cops: they stop anyone suspect of not being the capital's resident, and start harrassing him under all sorts of pretexts, until he pays. The terrorists paid quickly (we will never know, how much it cost them, but usually it's RUR150,-/US$5), and proceeded to bribe airline official to get on board. This time the bribe was RUR1000,-, or $34.22 by today's exchange rate.
Moscow being one of the most expensive cities in the world, human life is still dirt cheap here.
First, they both were detained by the airport police for routine security check. "Security check" is a popular form of extortion among Moscow's 145.000 underpaid cops: they stop anyone suspect of not being the capital's resident, and start harrassing him under all sorts of pretexts, until he pays. The terrorists paid quickly (we will never know, how much it cost them, but usually it's RUR150,-/US$5), and proceeded to bribe airline official to get on board. This time the bribe was RUR1000,-, or $34.22 by today's exchange rate.
Moscow being one of the most expensive cities in the world, human life is still dirt cheap here.
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