Russian FSB graduates party and post it online.
Don’t post it! This could be said for many jobs, professions, and organizations. If the work you do has any confidentiality to it, don’t go posting social media updates unless you are sure it’s public knowledge. And if you’ve had a little too much vodka, you may want to turn your phone over to a designated sensible person.
A group of new graduates of Russia’s Federal Security Service – the FSB, Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti, celebrated by renting a fleet of Mercedes, driving wildly around Moscow, being stopped by police and posting pictures and videos of themselves online.
Fifty of the newest recruits to the FSB, Russia’s secret intelligence service, are being investigated for misconduct after they celebrated their entry into the world of spying by driving through Moscow in a motorcade and posting their pictures on the internet.
The faces of the newly minted intelligence officers were clearly visible in photographs and a video that were widely circulated online, in some cases together with their full names.
Alexander Mikhailov, a retired major-general in the FSB, accused the graduates of “betraying” their motherland. “It’s treason, he said. “Nobody knows where these guys will serve. How can you post…”
RT.com also reports:
The FSB newbies cruising the streets of the Russian capital in black four-wheel drive G-Wagens blocked traffic in their lane several times, while honking their horns for no reason. To help a cameraman take some great shots, they formed a long line from time to time, making it difficult for other vehicles to pass by safely. Meanwhile, young men in white shirts keep protruding from the car windows, joyfully shouting and waving to each other while taking pictures and videos on their cell phones.
The footage of the parade was later posted on the internet by its participants, as well as several witnesses.
The ostentatious show raised a lot of questions on social media platforms, where users voiced outrage, wondering where the 22-year-old lieutenants, who are supposed to, among other things, focus on fighting corruption, actually got the money to pay for such pricey vehicles.
“For four years they were taught conspiracy, corporate ethics, and that one must not disclose secrets,” retired FSB Major General Aleksander Mikhailov told Komsomolskaya Pravda (KP) daily…
Mikhailov said the fact that the young people uploaded the video of their ride on the internet with their faces clearly visible speaks for itself.