Rostov, Russia – Private Shpinev was found hanged after committing suicide at the Rostov Tank Academy. This news did not receive much coverage in any Russian media outlet, because these kind of incidents happen all too frequently. The reasons for Private Shpinev's suicide, as usual, have been the culture of sadism and abuse that runs rampant at the Tank Academy.

Meanwhile back in Moscow, a huge building in the public market “Bassmanniy Rynok” collapsed today, killing at least 54 and injuring 32 more. (Read the Fox News story). The building was designed by Nodar Kancheli, the same architect who designed the Aqua park that collapsed two years ago. The interesting fact is that only 2 victims were Russian citizens; 31 citizens of Azerbaijan were killed and 31 injured, one Ukrainian died and several Georgians were killed and injured. Traditionally, people from Caucasus are the “traders” and “sellers” in Moscow and the rest of the country. There are many jokes and stories about these people, but they are just trying to make a living.

The accident happened at 5 am, and it is a busy time for a whole sale market. The general area of the market was 130,000 square feet, and almost all of it was affected by the collapse of the roof.

To end today's news on a good note, the Russian Olympic team is firmly in the third place on the all-medals scale.