MOSCOW — In a crumbling residential courtyard in north Moscow, within earshot of the buzzing Yaroslavskoye highway that leads out of the city, a group of camouflage-clad teenagers watch an instructor as he talks them through the basics of knife throwing.
“Hold the knife solidly in your hands; let it become part of you. Twist your torso, extend your arm, and let it slip from your fingers in one smooth motion,” he tells them, demonstrating the movements as he speaks.
Moments later the knife lodges itself in a board propped against the side of a nearby building, sounding a metallic clang as …read more
Source: Foreign Policy
