Brasnya
- Brasnya is a wanna-be nation-state in the Generation 1 continuity family.
Brasnya is a republic of the Soviet Union (changed to Russia in Escalation issue 5) attempting to break off and become an independent country. The Soviet Union/Russia does not approve of these plans.
Fiction
IDW Comics continuity
Brasnya has a standing army with their own tanks, and has for at least sixteen years - while seperatist militants under Georgi Koska have fought with Russian troops before, the Brasnyan army has never fired a shot in anger, Russian & Brasnyan politicians always working out a mutual face-saving deal. The Decepticons have facsimilies in both the militants and the Brasnyan government. Escalation issue 3 American intelligence agency Skywatch has contacts at the Brasnyan capital. Escalation issue 6
Megatron aimed to use the conflict between Brasnya and Russia to initiate a new, global war that would leave humans in a weakened position when the Decepticons chose to take action. To accomplish this, he turned himself into a gun, had a facsimile "fire" him at a Russian oil pipeline, then used a cloaked Blitzwing to take potshots at Russian and Brasnyan forces (who each thought the other side was firing) to instigate a conflict. This worked until the Autobots intervened - the sight of giant transforming robots stunned both sides into standing down, and the Russians pulled out after being faced down by Prowl & Hot Rod. The situation appears cooled. Escalation
Later on, Skywatch arrived in the area to examine it with intention to track down the Transformers. Devastation #1
Trivia
- The nation is probably based on Chechnya, a federal subject of Russia which has a violent history of separatism.
- Nobody knows why IDW had Russia still as the Soviet Union in Escalation #3 & 4 and then simply Russia from #5. Abruptly dropped plot point, a reference to Brasnya being a Soviet state that went wrong, Furman forgetting the Cold War was over, or a secret plot by the Machination?
