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A truckload of fireworks ‘intended for an oligarch party’ exploded on a highway near Moscow.
Dramatic footage showed the explosion near Podolsk after a trailer disconnected and ignited.
‘Fireworks were exploding and shooting in different directions and there was a huge fire,’ said a witness.
The busy 450 mile Crimea Highway was completely blocked
It partially links the Russian capital to Crimea, illegally annexed by Vladimir Putin from Ukraine in 2014.
One version is that the fireworks – worth thousands of pounds – were intended for an elite party.
Rich Russians have been criticised for continuing to flaunt their wealth despite the war in Ukraine killing tens of thousands sent to their deaths by dictator Putin.
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‘There were no casualties as a result of the incident,’ reported Izvestia.
Police were probing the cause of the firework explosion which came at midnight.
It comes after a fire ripped through the Russian defence building as Vladimir Putin carried out secret talks with Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko.
As the two leaders met, emergency services swarmed to the blaze at a defence ministry building at 19 Znamenka Street, Moscow.
Around 50 people were evacuated, with the cause of the fire currently unconfirmed.
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