There were 76, but they were dubbed the 'Russian 100' – life-savers flown in from Moscow within hours of an appeal for help from Serbia as the heaviest rainfall in more than a century inundated the Balkans in May.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Reuters: In fight for influence, Russia can play good cop too
A column of pro-Russian separatists tanks rides near the town of Krasnyi Luch in Lugansk region, eastern Ukraine, on October 28, 2014.