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RenTV programs some sensational stuff from Russia. Showing far-fetched military training is a RenTV's bread and butter fare. The fellow cutting and then sewing up his wound is described as a lieutenant colonel combat instructor in St Petersburg. Notice how the two fellows holding a stangling rope move with Lt Col Andrei as he steps forward. A realistic situation would have Andrei on the ground dead or nearly dead. He was probably paid an incentive to suture his self-inflicted wound. The Chinese Spetsnaz breaking tiles with their heads is another stunt. Notice the tiles are ribbed and they are broken along the weak axis. I have done something similar, accidently, with porcelain tile. As an aside, notice that when wood boards are broken during karate demonstrations that they are broken along the structurally weak grain axis not the stronger perpendicular axis.
Take any stuff you read or see from Russian TV with many grains of salt, especially when their special forces are depicted. Some Russian documentaries are factual but these mock-u-mentaries just barely believable.
Lived and worked in that part of the world for several years and would never buy anything labeled "made in Russia" other than art.
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