The Russians know very well how to deal with locals-especially any belligerent ones...
http://articles.latimes.com/1985-05-06/local/me-4493_1_soviet-atrocities
Sometime during the 80’s some middle eastern terrorists kidnapped some Russians and demanded one of their people to be released. The Russians sent them who they wanted. Well a part of him anyway, (his head in a bx).