Putin gave order to shoot down a ‘hijacked’ jet during Sochi-2014 opening ceremony
As the opening ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Olympics was about to start, fighter jets were scrambled with orders to shoot down a hijacked plane that threatened the 40,000 spectators, President Vladimir Putin has just revealed. Putin recalled that on February 7, 2014 just as he was setting off for Sochi’s Fisht Stadium, where 40,000…