From the Crack out yer champagne and welcome our greatest Russian liberators dept.

"The United States Coast Guard has received reports indicating that the RFN VIKTOR LEONOV (AGI-175) has been operating in an unsafe manner off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia," with those pesky Russian sailors waving in an excessively friendly manner to local boaters as a few Floridian and South Carolinian sailors tried to say "Spacibo, spacibo" and grew huge shit eating grins as their Russian counterparts waved and said "Hallo" in typically thick Russian accents, as they lifted their 1 pint (250ml) "shot" glasses containing some oddly clear liquid, in the typical Russian salutation gesture. One of the Russian sailors was then seen turning towards and asked something of the captain as they stood on the aft deck welcoming their American floating guard of honour, and after a brief exchange, the captain shook his head apologetically and the sailor shouted out "Sorry, cannot invite onto ship, might look like party, but please, have great day!" The American coast guard literally drummed up a fear mongering announcement in the middle of what was a glorious sunny day (pic not attached) with just a few whispy white clouds and broad swaths of pale blue sky :D "This unsafe operation includes not energizing running lights while in reduced visibility conditions, not responding to hails by commercial vessels attempting to coordinate safe passage and other erratic movements." https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/16/politics/russian-ship-us-coast/index.html ... The Viktor Leonov has regularly patrolled in the Atlantic and Caribbean near the US coast since 2015. In 2017 Trump actually threatened to attack Russian ships that got too close, but no such incidents have materialized. “Hey, the greatest thing I could do is shoot that ship that's 30 miles offshore right out of the water," Trump said https://www.foxnews.com/us/russia-spy-ship-east-coast-guard in that provocative January 2017 statement. "Everyone in this country is going to say, 'Oh, it's so great.' That's not great. That's not great. I would love to be able to get along with Russia." Full article at zerowedgie: "Use Extreme Caution": Boaters Warned Of "Unsafe, Erratic" Russian Spy Ship Off Carolina Coast https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/coast-guard-issues-alert-over-russian... https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/16/politics/russian-ship-us-coast/index.html