Bit of breaking news – a bomb’s gone off in a MacDonalds in St. Petersburg about an hour or so ago.

Now I’m not much of a one for conspiracy theories, but this all sounds rather familiar…

1994 – Russian elections coming up; Chechnya unstable; terrorists attack; war with Chechnya starts; government types do well in elections

1996 – Russian elections coming up; Chechnya unstable; terrorists attack; war with Chechnya kicks up a gear; government types do well in elections

1999 – Russian elections coming up; Chechnya unstable; terrorists attack; war with Chechnya starts; government types do well in elections

2007 – Russian elections coming up; Chechnya unstable; terrorists attack…

Monday update: Maybe not.