BREAKING: Novodevichy Monastery near the Kremlin on fire

[CJCRANE]

Photo copied from a post by DUer Bosonic

ETA: "near" the Kremilin, not "in" the Kremlin.

ETA: LIVEFEED from RT on Youtube:

#t=690

[LAGC]

1. HOLY SHIT! Is it really happening? Coup attempt after all?

Putin has been sick and missing before, but not for this long...

[CJCRANE]

2. Edited OP with a live webcam.

My connection's too slow but others might be able to see something.

[ScreamingMeemie]

4. I am guessing they've pulled the camera down...

I've got a really fast connection, and I'm getting the "insufficient connection and/or camera unavailable" message.

[geek tragedy]

5. could be too many users and their server can't keep up nt

[Duckhunter935]

10. Same here

[NuclearDem]

15. No, sometimes fires happen.

[geek tragedy]

3. That's more of a tourist attraction than a center of authority though, right? nt

[Rex]

6. Maybe the fire is symbolic of something.

I admit to not knowing a lot about modern Russian history. Just a guess.

[ND-Dem]

7. Holy Cow!!! There was a fire "near" the White House last week too!!! Coincidence?

I think not....

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fire-erupts-white-house-sparks-fear-article-1.2140806

[brooklynite]

11. Why?

The only think worse than a condpiracy theory is a lazy one.

[ND-Dem]

13. condpiracy = condom piracy? condo piracy? there are many worse thinks, i think.

[virgogal]

8. What a georgeous building.

[John1956PA]

9. I would hate to learn that ancient texts have burned à la "The Name of the Rose."

[CJCRANE]

12. Livefeed from RT on Youtube:

#t=690

[ND-Dem]

14. Gee, & RT, which is directly controlled by Putin, reported it!! Maybe Putin set the fire

himself?

He's very devious and clever and is the richest man in the entire universe, or so I'm told.