Russia's Codes

From the Moscow Times:
"Russia Launches Color-Coded Terror Alerts"

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Saturday implementing a color-coded warning system to alert citizens about the threat of a terrorist attack on Russian soil. The new system establishes guidelines to ensure citizens' safety and minimize risks before and after a terrorist attack. Different threat levels will be identified by the colors blue, yellow and red. "In the interests of informing the population in good time about the threat of a terrorist attack and organizing activities to prevent its realization, the following threat levels can be introduced in separate regions of the Russian Federation: blue for an elevated threat level, yellow for a high level and red for a critical level," the Kremlin press service said in a statement. When authorities raise the threat level to red, law enforcement and security personnel will patrol public areas 24 hours a day and listen in on telephone conversations, among other measures. Authorities have been considering introducing the three-level scale for some time. The United States had a similar warning system for almost 10 years.U.S. authorities introduced their five-level, color-coded system in 2002 in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, but the system was later dropped in April 2011 after being deemed "unhelpful."

^ It seems that the color-codes don't really work and give a false sense of security to people. It didn't work in the US, but maybe it will for Russia. ^

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russia-launches-color-coded-terror-alerts/460446.html