 missile defense system installed on beach near Putin's residence in Sochi a missile defense system has reportedly been installed on a beach in Sochi Russia near the so-called Palace of Russian President Vladimir Putin Russian opposition news telegram channel Sirena stated the channel shared a video of the supposed air defense system which seems to have been directly installed onto a public beach the video was sent by a Sirena reader according to him the installation is located on the beach of the Mameka district not far from this place is Putin's residence in the Bokharov Rushi village in mid-October explosions were reported in the area of Sochi and Adler the Ministry of Defense reported downed drones it is possible that this particular complex was involved to that process earlier Russian portal Medusa reported that the Pantsir S anti-aircraft system had been found located in Krasnaya Polyana near Sochi close to Vladimir Putin's residence besides independent media reported on anti-aircraft systems that appeared in the area of the official residences of the head of state in Novo-Agariv near Moscow and in the Novogorod region on Lake Valdai the third official presidential residence lying close to Krasnaya Polyana is Bokharov Rushi in Sochi