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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86114\\\" alt=\\\"russia\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2013\\/08\\/russia.png\\\" width=\\\"620\\\" height=\\\"346\\\" srcset=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2013\\/08\\/russia.png 620w, http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2013\\/08\\/russia-300x167.png 300w, http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2013\\/08\\/russia-200x113.png 200w, http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2013\\/08\\/russia-160x90.png 160w, http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2013\\/08\\/russia-320x180.png 320w\\\" sizes=\\\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Beachgoers typically are concerned about sharks, rip currents, and the harmful effects of the sun.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;But on a crowded beach in Russia this week, sunbathers had other worries when a colossal military hovercraft was piloted onto the shore and, contrary to what one person commented after watching the footage, the 550-ton vessel was not Vladimir Putin&amp;#8217;s Jet Ski.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The surprise landing occurred on a beach in the city of Mechnikovo, according to the\\u00a0&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.irishtimes.com\\/news\\/world\\/europe\\/video-military-hovercraft-lands-on-russian-beach-1.1501199\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;Irish Times&lt;\\/a&gt;.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src=\\\"http:\\/\\/screen.yahoo.com\\/military-hovercraft-lands-busy-beach-100006892.html?format=embed&amp;#038;player_autoplay=false\\\" width=\\\"630\\\" height=\\\"354\\\" data-yom-embed-source=\\\"{media_id_1:4ce435ad-1ac1-39af-90e0-dc347e6dcb04}\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" &gt;&lt;\\/iframe&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The government claims it was nothing out of the ordinary: that it was merely participating in maneuvers on a government-owned beach.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The description beneath the video states that a spokesman from the Defense Ministry told the local newspaper, Komsomolskaya Pravda, that the beach should have been off-limits to the public.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Docking at the beach &amp;#8230; is a normal event,&amp;#8221; the spokesman said. &amp;#8220;What people were doing at the beach on the territory of a military (base) is unclear.&amp;#8221;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The Zubr-class hovercraft carries sophisticated weapons systems and can carry tanks and as many as 400 troops.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The story about the bizarre beach landing was circulating on the Internet on Wednesday, allowing some to poke fun at Russia for its bullying tactics against its own people.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Wrote &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/gizmodo.com\\/giant-military-hovercraft-lands-on-crowded-beach-becaus-1178684399?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_facebook&amp;amp;utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&amp;amp;utm_medium=socialflow\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;Gizmodo&lt;\\/a&gt;: &amp;#8220;So if this beach in Mechnikovo &lt;em&gt;is&lt;\\/em&gt;, in fact, off-limits, it seems a lot of people have somehow been grossly misinformed for at least long enough to allow hundreds if not thousands of citizens to flock to its giant-hovercraft-lined shores.&amp;#8221;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;#8211;Find Pete Thomas on &lt;a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/www.facebook.com\\/pages\\/Pete-Thomas-Outdoors\\/210721488939232?ref=hl\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;Facebook&lt;\\/a&gt; and &lt;a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/twitter.com\\/Pete_Thomas\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;Twitter&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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