A massive explosion rocked a Russian oil refinery as Vladimir Putin gears up for the country’s election.
The news comes as dissident groups based in Ukraine turned the Russian border into an active combat zone attempting to take over towns and disrupt the vote that is widely seen as rigged.
Video posted to social media shows a huge blast purportedly at a refinery in the Kaluga region of Russia southwest of Moscow.
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