UPD: 04/03/2014 The "self-defense" of the Crimea, about which Putin speaks, weapons are in the arsenal of the Russian army. PHOTO reportage

Here everything is unequivocal: before us is an off-road car GAZ-2975 "Tiger" worth $ 60 thousand, deliveries of which were carried out exclusively for the Russian army. Moreover, on the license plate you can see the code of the military car number - 21 (North-Caucasian Military District).

Another, according to the expert, is the proof of the Russian belonging of "polite people": on the "Tigray" on the right is seen the badge of the Guards division, which, probably, forgot to camouflage. The "Tiger" itself is a new model, first shown to the mass audience at the anniversary parade on May 9, 2005.

Before us is a sniper rifle, which at first glance can be confused with the Yugoslav "Outpost". However, this is a self-loading version of Dragunov, and judging by the receiver and the pneumatic butt - the newest modification, which officially came into service only to Russian siloviki. Similar butts appeared on new samples in the late 90s. The rifle allows you to hit a running man from the first shot at a distance of 800 meters. It is also interesting that these "polite people" carry weapons not according to Russian rules, but rather according to NATO standards. For example, the weapon is directed by the barrel down, and the person in the background laid the trunk on the elbow, which, above all, is typical for the American and European armies. According to the expert on rifles, this is the result of the introduction of new Western techniques in individual Russian special forces.

In the picture the hundredth series of the Kalashnikov assault rifle, the AK 101-105 family. This is the development of 1994, the most famous and widespread now version of automatic weapons. It is made of glass-filled polyamide, the bases of the front sight and sight are made by the exact casting method. Until recently, such weapons were produced exclusively in Russia and Ukrainians were not officially supplied. In 2006, the right to license assembly was sold to Venezuela, in addition, the government of India and Indonesia purchased licenses to re-equip their armies. Although it can not be ruled out that these "kalashas" could have entered illegally Ukraine. Among other things, in this picture, despite the absence of chevrons and shoulder straps, the officer looking to the frame (to the right of other military men) stands out clearly - he can be identified by a gun on his hip and a portable radio on his shoulder, the expert believes.

This again models the hundredth series, although on the left, judging by the qualitative contours of the hull, a more modern model. The person to the right is a night vision device PNV-93.2 manufactured in Russia, which is not included in the list of standard weapons and is used in the Russian army relatively rarely - mostly by special units.

In this photo - the traditional model of "Kalashnikov", known as the AK-74 caliber of 5.45 mm. The range of a direct shot is 440 meters along the chest target. Now these samples are in a relatively free sale, so this model can have in service and the Russian military, and Ukrainians.

At the extreme left of the man in the hands of a Kalashnikov machine gun: caliber 7.62, weight 7.5 kg, was adopted in 1969. However, judging by the modern form of the frame type butt, this is a modernized version, which is actively used in the modern Russian army. But exclusively this model can not be considered Russian.