On the heels of last week’s declaration by Russian President Putin that he is the world’s only “pure democrat” (which was followed by criticism of civil rights abuses in the West), Russian authorities attempted to stop an opposition (read: anti-Putin) protest by encircling the rally’s planned location with dung.

Opponents of President Vladimir Putin had hoped to rally on the porch of the Culture Palace but city authorities closed the building, took away the porch’s steps and spread dung around it, said Yelena Vasilyeva, local leader of the United Civil Front opposition movement.

The U.S. military has looked at this sort of thing before as well.

[Hotel Tango: Danger Room.]