russians seem to have an obsession with unnecessary acrobatics. an old buddy of mine was in the rangers and was part of the initial invasion of afghanistan in '01. back then zog was on good enough terms with the ruskies that russian sof (he doesn't remember or wouldn't tell me what unit exactly) were conducting joint operations with his battalion. they were kicking in doors in some town near the pakistan border hunting taliban leadership. after the door is breached and obligatory flash bangs tossed in, the pointman who was a ruskie does a fucking cartwheel through the door with a pistol in his hand, lands on his feet and domes some raghead who's still recovering from being temporarily blinded, and then gets mowed down by another guy with an old ppsh who came out from another room. the ruskie survived cause the raghead sprayed him center mass, his kit stopped the pistol rounds that hit his chest, but the impact still fucked up his internals pretty good and he had gsws on his arms. if the guy had hit him in the head or had anything stronger than a ppsh he'd have died on the spot.
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