Love can drive a man to carry out outrageous acts.

That was effectively the defence of a Russian man who sparked a security scare at an airport by ramming his car into the building.

Ruslan Nurtdinov provoked panic when he drove his vehicle into the terminal at Kazan International Airport and even reached the departure gate

A Kazan airport administration said that after the intoxicated man rammed through the terminal's door late on Wednesday, he proceeded to drive around inside.