THE MIGHTY RUSSIAN WAR MACHINE:

While operating in Black Sea waters near the mouth of the Bosporus, on April 27, the Russian naval reconnaissance vessel Liman sank after colliding with the Youzarsif, a Togo-flagged livestock freighter. The incident did tremendous damage to Russia's self-promoted image as a global sea power, particularly when looked at in the context of two other important events that occurred only a week before.

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