Russian airport up in flames as violent rebellion against Putin goes out of control

A Russian airport went up in flames on Wednesday in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi.

Videos of the incident have been circulating on social media. These show billowing smoke and blazing flames rising from the airport.

The incident occurred 180 miles from Vladimir Putin’s Black Sea Resort.

It comes just days before the Russian elections are due to begin, and marks yet another in a series of mysterious explosions that have occurred in Russia since its war with Ukraine.

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