Vladimir Putin boasted Monday of ordering a passenger plane carrying 110 souls shot from the sky, part of the Russian autocrat’s push for re-election. The startling revelation comes just a week before the March 18 vote, one that is expected to see secure Putin his third term as president. In the two-hour documentary entitled “Putin,” the despot said he received a call moments before the opening ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Security officials warned him that a plane had been hijacked, there was a bomb on board, and the hijackers had ordered the pilots to change course …read more
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