Russia shuts down Red Square for massive Kremlin security drills

MOSCOW — Russia's most recognizable landmark has been set ablaze during Napoleon's occupation, bombed by Germans and completely destroyed by Hollywood courtesy of Tom Cruise. The Kremlin's occupants, security-conscious to the point of paranoia, are now giving the forces at their disposal a refresher course. And so on Thursday, entire swaths of downtown Moscow, including Red Square and the Kremlin, were blocked […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/11/17/russia-shuts-down-red-square-for-massive-kremlin-security-drills/