Vladlen Tatarsky

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Prominent Russian military blogger killed in St. Petersburg cafe blast (CNN)

A well-known Russian military blogger, Vladlen Tatarsky, was killed in an explosion at a cafe in St. Petersburg on Sunday, authorities said.

Our condolences to the families and friends of the victims.” Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the President’s office, wrote on Twitter: “Spiders are eating each other in a jar. “Dear friends and colleagues,” the group said in a post Sunday. “The professional activities of Vladlen Tatarskiy, his service to the Motherland aroused hatred among the Kyiv regime. Alexander Dugin is credited with being the architect, or “spiritual guide,” to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A Ukrainian official suggested the killing was due to in-fighting in Russia. “Separate condolences to everyone who knew the wonderful war correspondent and our good friend Vladlen Tatarsky. The witness added: “The host at the stage took the figurine from the box and showcased it, Vladlen held it for a bit. The independent Telegram channel Astra Press quoted a witness as saying: “Everyone rushed to the exit when explosion happened. Russian state news media, citing law enforcement agencies and eyewitness accounts, said the woman was attending the event at which Tatarsky was speaking. Investigators and forensic specialists were on scene, the agency said, and that it was working to establish the circumstances surrounding the explosion. Russia’s Interior Ministry also confirmed Tatarsky was killed in the blast.

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Blast in St. Petersburg kills Russian military blogger: Reports (POLITICO.eu)

Vladlen Tatarsky was killed in explosion at Street Bar Cafe, according to media reports.

[blamed](https://www.politico.eu/article/fsb-russia-blame-ukraine-murder-vladimir-putin-darya-dugina/) Ukraine for the killing of Darya Dugina — daughter of Alexander Dugin, a Russian ideologue and ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin — in an attack near Moscow last summer. [website](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-military-blogger-killed-explosion-st-petersburg-agencies-2023-04-02/) said that the cafe where the explosion occurred had at one time belonged to Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner Group, the Russian paramilitary operation that is fighting for Russia in Ukraine. At least 16 people were injured in the attack at the Street Bar Cafe, according to the reports.

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St Petersburg cafe blast kills popular Russian military blogger ... (WION)

A blast in a cafe in St Petersburg killed well-known Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky on Sunday, Russian news agencies reported.

Russian President Vladimir Putin called the attack "evil", but Ukraine denied it was involved in the attack. The Wagner mercenaries are currently fighting alongside Russian soldiers in Ukraine. A blast in a cafe in St Petersburg killed well-known Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky on Sunday, Russian news agencies reported.

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Prominent Russian military blogger killed in cafe blast (Aljazeera.com)

Explosion in a St Petersburg cafe kills a blogger with 560000 followers on Telegram, Russia news agencies say.

But the war found him in a Petersburg cafe,” said Semyon Pegov, who blogs under the name War Gonzo. Alexander Khodakovsky, a leading pro-Moscow figure in eastern Ukraine, wrote: “Max, if you were a nobody, you’d have died of ‘vodka and headcolds’. Russia’s war bloggers, an assortment of military correspondents and freelance commentators with army backgrounds, have enjoyed broad freedom from the Kremlin to publish hard-hitting views on the war, now in its 14th month. “This was a well-known and busy area of St Petersburg known as University Embankment, in the heart of the city … After the Kremlin’s annexation of four regions of Ukraine last year, Tatarsky posted a video in which he vowed: “That’s it. There would have been a lot of people in this cafe and also in the vicinity,” Jabbari said. “According to officials in St Petersburg, they are looking for this woman who presented this gift to the organisers and the speaker himself. “Spiders are eating each other in a jar,” Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak wrote in English on Twitter. Spiders are eating each other in a jar. Russian news reports said Tatarsky was killed in the explosion at the Street Food Bar No. It needs to be destroyed, there’s no other way to stop it,” he said. Twenty-five people were wounded, and 19 of them were hospitalised, according to the regional governor, Alexander Beglov.

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Bomb kills Russian war blogger in St Petersburg cafe (Reuters)

Well-known Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was killed by a bomb blast in a St Petersburg cafe on Sunday in what appeared to be the second ...

But the war found him in a Petersburg cafe," said Semyon Pegov, who blogs under the name War Gonzo. Russia's war bloggers, an assortment of military correspondents and freelance commentators with army backgrounds, have enjoyed broad freedom from the Kremlin to publish hard-hitting views on the war, now in its 14th month. The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said on Sunday he would "not blame the Kyiv regime" for it. It needs to be destroyed, there's no other way to stop it," he said. Everything will be as we like it," he was shown saying in a video last September at a Kremlin ceremony in which President Vladimir Putin claimed four partly occupied regions of Ukraine as Russian territory - a move rejected as illegal by most countries. "He was killed vilely.

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Russian pro-war military blogger killed in blast at St Petersburg cafe (The Guardian)

Vladlen Tatarsky, who had over 560000 followers on Telegram, dies in explosion that injures 19 people.

Tatarsky was one of the leading voices in the pro-war blogger community. A top Ukrainian government official cast the explosion that killed Tatarsky as part of internal turmoil. The bloggers, who are frequently former veterans with contacts on the frontlines, often provide a rare insight into Russia’s real performance on the ground and are allowed a surprising amount of leeway to criticise the conduct of the war – although they rarely criticise Putin. “Spiders are eating each other in a jar,” Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak tweeted. [Ukraine](https://www.theguardian.com/world/ukraine), saying Tatarsky’s activities “have won him the hatred of the Kyiv regime” and that he and other Russian military bloggers had long faced Ukrainian threats. Some 30 people were wounded in the blast on Sunday, Russia’s health ministry reported.

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Prominent Russian military blogger killed in cafe explosion (Globalnews.ca)

Russian news reports said blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was killed in the explosion at the Street Food Bar No. 1 cafe in St. Petersburg.

Last August, Darya Dugina, a 29-year-old commentator with a nationalist Russian TV channel, died when a remotely controlled explosive device planted in her SUV blew up as she was driving on the outskirts of Moscow. After the Kremlin’s annexation of four regions of Ukraine last year, Tatarsky posted a video in which he vowed: “That’s it. “Spiders are eating each other in a jar,” Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak wrote in English on Twitter. Russian news reports said blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was killed in the explosion at the Street Food Bar No. A patriotic Russian group that organized the event said it had taken security precautions, but added that “regrettably, they proved insufficient.” The reports did not mention any claim of responsibility.

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Explosion kills Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky in St ... (UPI.com)

An explosion at a cafe in central St. Petersburg killed Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky and injured at least 19 others on Sunday.

[killed in a car bombing](https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2022/08/21/Darya-Dugina-car-bomb-Ukraine-Moscow/5811661083653/) on Aug. Though he often spoke favorably about Russia's attack on Ukraine, Tatarsky was also critical at times. "Question of when domestic terrorism would become an instrument of internal political fight was a matter of time, as breakthrough of ripe abscess. He was particularly active on the messaging app Telegram, where he was known to share his opinions and pro-war propaganda. [Maksim](https://www.upi.com/topic/Maks_Chmerkovskiy/) Fomin, had carved out a position as one of the most [high-profile pro-Russia commentators](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/02/russian-pro-war-military-blogger-killed-blast-st-petersburg-vladlen-tatarsky) on the country's invasion of [Ukraine](https://www.upi.com/topic/Russia-Ukraine-War/). [CNN reported](https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-04-02-23/h_9ce4a5f34f44787150c389340c28dc98).

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'We will kill, rob everyone': Killed Russian blogger Vladlen Tatarsky ... (ABC)

Tatarsky, whose real name was Maxim Fomin, had more than 560000 followers on Telegram and was one of the most prominent of the influential military bloggers ...

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Video Shows Moment Blast Kills Pro-Kremlin Propagandist Vladlen ... (Newsweek)

Vladlen Tatarsky, a pro-Russia military blogger, was killed after a bomb detonated inside a St. Petersburg café on Sunday.

Just as we like it," he said in the video. He previously [rose to prominence](https://www.newsweek.com/russia-accused-killing-30-civilians-territory-putin-just-annexed-1748074) for a video he made during a Kremlin ceremony announcing a partial mobilization of troops last year in which he boasted that Russian forces would "kill" Ukrainians. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova condemned the bombing in a Telegram post, writing, "Law enforcement agencies will still give a legal qualification of what happened. "Russian journalists are constantly experiencing death threats from the Kiev regime and its masterminds, which are increasingly being implemented," she wrote. Petersburg, Russia, resulting in the death of pro-Kremlin propagandist Vladlen Tatarsky. We will give a moral one."

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'War blogger' Vladlen Tatarsky killed in explosion in a Petersburg ... (Meduza)

An explosion occurred on the evening of April 2 in the St. Petersburg cafe Street Food Bar No. 1, reports Interfax, citing local emergency services.

[said](https://t.me/sotaproject/56435). Forgive?” [wrote](https://t.me/margaritasimonyan/12806) Magarita Simonyan, RT’s editor-in-chief. [writes](https://t.me/krasovkin/11015) Anton Krasovsky, former director of the RT television network. The [explosion](https://t.me/radiogovoritmsk/134552) occurred five minutes later. Russia’s Investigative Committee has [opened](https://t.me/sledcom_press/6111) a criminal case for murder. The terrorists have lights, water, a working railroad, restaurants, Internet, the killers’ leaders travel around the country with TV cameras,” Tina Kandelaki, the deputy director of Gazprom Media, [posted](https://t.me/tikandelaki/14779) on Telegram. Fontanka [reports](https://t.me/fontankaspb/37122) that a patron of the cafe brought a small sculpture of a bust, which then exploded, to the event as a gift for Tatarsky. She reportedly gave the sculpture to Tatarsky and [took her seat](https://t.me/fontankaspb/37130). He fought for the self-proclaimed “DNR” as part of the “Vostok” battalion, as well as for the self-proclaimed “LNR.” Before that, he served a prison sentence for armed robbery. [says](https://t.me/mediamvd/17593) that Tatarsky was killed in the explosion. A poster for the event said that the blogger would [discuss](https://t.me/radiogovoritmsk/134550) “what it’s like to file stories from hot spots while under fire, and also explain what it means to be a military correspondent.” Political scientist Konstantin Dolgov [said](https://t.me/bbbreaking/152011) that there was a possibility that Prigozhin would attend the event. [writes](https://t.me/fontankaspb/37121) that Streetbar belongs to Wagner Group founder and food service tycoon Evgeny Prigozhin.

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Explosion in Russian cafe kills prominent military blogger (Associated Press)

An explosion tore through a cafe in Russia's second-largest city, killing a well-known military blogger and strident supporter of the war in Ukraine.

She was killed when a remotely controlled explosive device planted in her SUV blew up as she was driving on the outskirts of Moscow. Russian officials said Vladlen Tatarsky was killed as he was leading a discussion at the cafe on the bank of the Neva River in the historic heart of St. After the Kremlin’s annexation of four regions of Ukraine last year that most of the world rejected as illegal, Tatarsky posted a video in which he vowed: “That’s it. The witness, Alisa Smotrova, quoted Nastya as saying she had made a bust of the blogger but that guards asked her to leave it at the door, suspecting it could be a bomb. A video posted on Russian messaging app channels showed the cafe after the explosion. An explosion tore through a cafe in Russia’s second-largest city Sunday, killing a well-known military blogger and strident supporter of the war in Ukraine.

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Who Was Vladlen Tatarsky? Killed Russian military blogger was ... (Sky News)

Sky News explains how Vladlen Tatarsky went from working as a coal miner to becoming one of the most prominent military bloggers in Russia, known for making ...

Following the Kremlin's annexation of four regions of Ukraine last year that many countries deemed illegal, Tatarsky posted a video where he vowed: "That's it. "There must be no talks with the terrorists other than about their unconditional surrender," Mr Dugin said. "It might also be an operation of Russian security services as a false flag operation to consolidate the pro-war sentiments in Russia." God be with you." [Ukraine](https://news.sky.com/topic/ukraine-6556), was killed as he was leading a discussion at the cafe on the bank of the Neva River in the historic heart of Russia's second-largest city. Russian officials said Tatarsky, who was a strident supporter of the war in

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Interfax: Suspect in murder of 'war correspondent' Vladlen Tatarsky ... (Meduza)

Daria Trepova, a St. Petersburg resident born in 1997, has been arrested on suspicion of murdering pro-Kremlin “war correspondent” Vladlen Tatarsky, ...

Trepova was brought to the investigator. The bust reportedly contained an explosive device. - Share to or

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Vladlen Tatarsky: Killing of pro-Kremlin blogger investigated as murder (Yahoo News Canada)

A blast at a St Petersburg cafe killed Vladlen Tatarsky, who blogged from the Ukraine front line.

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Vladlen Tatarsky: Killing of pro-Kremlin blogger investigated as murder (BBC News)

A blast at a St Petersburg cafe killed Vladlen Tatarsky, who blogged from the Ukraine front line.

Donetsk is one of the regions that Russia claims to have annexed. He claimed to have helped launch combat drones and build fortifications. Video circulating on Telegram after the blast showed him being handed a statue and making jokes about it. There are conflicting reports in Russian media about the explosive device. That land grab was internationally condemned. Just as we like it."

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Vladlen Tatarsky: Killing of pro-Kremlin blogger investigated as murder (BBC News)

A blast at a St Petersburg cafe killed Vladlen Tatarsky, who blogged from the Ukraine front line.

Donetsk is one of the regions that Russia claims to have annexed. He claimed to have helped launch combat drones and build fortifications. Video circulating on Telegram after the blast showed him being handed a statue and making jokes about it. There are conflicting reports in Russian media about the explosive device. That land grab was internationally condemned. Just as we like it."

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Born in Ukraine, Vladlen Tatarsky became an outspoken proponent ... (CNN)

Vladlen Tatarsky, who was killed in an explosion at a cafe in St. Petersburg on Sunday, was one of Russia's most outspoken and ultranationalist military ...

More recently he became vocal in his support of the Wagner private military company and its offensive in Bakhmut. After Tatarsky’s death, Prigozhin made a brief video recording, purportedly from the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. Alexander Dugin is credited with being the architect, or “spiritual guide,” to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. At one point, he wrote: “At least a little distracted from constantly thinking how can we quickly kill all the enemies.” Everything will be as we like,” he said. It was during this time he saw his influence grow, amassing more than 500,000 subscribers to his Telegram channel.

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Vladlen Tatarsky: Woman detained over killing of pro-Kremlin blogger (BBC News)

A 26-year-old woman is held after Vladlen Tatarsky died in an explosion at a St Petersburg cafe.

Russian authorities have also conducted large-scale recruitment campaigns for volunteer fighters and recruited some 300,000 men in a "partial mobilisation". Russian officials have already hinted that Ukraine is to blame for the explosion. She died in a car bomb attack near Moscow last August. Prigozhin paid tribute to Tatarsky, whose real name was Maxim Fomin, in a late-night video which he declared was filmed from the town hall in Bakhmut. He was a well-known blogger with more than half a million followers and, like Prigozhin, had a criminal past. Russian investigators have detained a woman in the hunt for the killers of a pro-war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky in a blast at a St Petersburg cafe.

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Vladlen Tatarsky: Woman detained over killing of pro-Kremlin blogger (BBC News)

A 26-year-old woman is held after Vladlen Tatarsky died in an explosion at a St Petersburg cafe.

Russian authorities have also conducted large-scale recruitment campaigns for volunteer fighters and recruited some 300,000 men in a "partial mobilisation". Russian officials have already hinted that Ukraine is to blame for the explosion. She died in a car bomb attack near Moscow last August. Prigozhin paid tribute to Tatarsky, whose real name was Maxim Fomin, in a late-night video which he declared was filmed from the town hall in Bakhmut. He was a well-known blogger with more than half a million followers and, like Prigozhin, had a criminal past. Russian investigators have detained a woman in the hunt for the killers of a pro-war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky in a blast at a St Petersburg cafe.

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Factbox: Who was Vladlen Tatarsky and why was he targeted? (Reuters)

Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was killed in a bomb attack in a St Petersburg cafe on Sunday in which some 30 other people were wounded.

The killing is an attack on the hardline pro-war camp in Russia, and sends a warning to other members of this group that they could be targeted anywhere. Tatarsky was the second high-profile war propagandist to be assassinated in Russia since its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Tatarsky – real name Maxim Fomin - was among the best-known members of an influential group of military bloggers who have provided a running commentary on Russia’s war in Ukraine.

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Russia-Ukraine live: Woman suspected of killing blogger detained (Aljazeera.com)

Darya Trepova detained after well-known Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was killed in a St Petersburg cafe.

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Russia claims killing of military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky ... (Anadolu Agency)

This is a 'terrorist act,' we have seen statement of Anti-Terrorism Committee, says Kremlin spokesman - Anadolu Agency.

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. “The terrorist act committed on April 2 in St. Now the active phase of the investigation is underway, we see quite vigorous steps to detain the suspects. Petersburg on Sunday was “planned” by Ukraine’s special services. "This is a terrorist act, we have seen the statement of the NAK (National Anti-Terrorism Committee). Russia on Monday claimed that the killing of military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky by a cafe blast in the city of St.

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Vladlen Tatarsky video: Chilling moment Daria Trepova 'hands ... (Daily Mail)

Vladlen Tatarsky was blown to pieces after Daria Trepova, 26, reportedly entered the cafe in St Petersburg and handed him a small statue of himself that was ...

'The explosion was to the right of Tatarsky,' police added. 'She said they had said "there could be a bomb". Russian investigators said they had identified a second female suspect, Maria Yaran, 40, (pictured) as being involved in the blast. She literally asked [Tatarsky] for permission: 'Allow me to bring it in anyway?' The plot thickened further after Russian investigators said they had identified a second female suspect, Maria Yaran, 40, as being involved in the blast. 'Spiders are eating each other in a jar,' Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak wrote in English on Twitter late Sunday. I would not blame the Kyiv regime for it. But Tatarsky joked and laughed with 'Nastya' and insisted on seeing the statuette. Speaking for the first time since her arrest, Trepova insisted she had been 'set up' and 'was being used'. Trepova was later arrested. Rylov, who had previously been detained at anti-war rallies in Russia, said today: 'I believe that my wife was set up. The windows exploded too.

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An Explosion in St. Petersburg Killed One of Russia's Leading Pro ... (TIME)

Authorities have detained one suspect, Daria Trepova. The blast on Sunday killed the 40-year-old Tatarsky and left at least 32 wounded.

[Donald Trump Was Just Indicted](https://time.com/6261993/donald-trump-indictment-updates/?utm_source=roundup&utm_campaign=20230202). [Darya Dugina,](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/05/us/politics/ukraine-russia-dugina-assassination.html) the daughter of the ultra-nationalist Alexander Dugin credited as the architect of the invasion, died when a bomb exploded in her vehicle. “Question of when domestic terrorism would become an instrument of internal political fight was a matter of time, as breakthrough of ripe abscess.” A 26-year-old woman named Daria Trepova was identified as a suspect by Russia’s interior ministry and detained on Monday. Petersburg was searched by law enforcement on Sunday and her mother and sister were reportedly questioned. [Ukraine's Push to Try Putin For War Crimes](https://time.com/6266991/ukraine-push-putin-war-crimes/?utm_source=roundup&utm_campaign=20230202) [Bad Bunny's Next Move](https://time.com/6266349/bad-bunny-cover-story/?utm_source=roundup&utm_campaign=20230202) He was also present at a Kerlin ceremony in September where Russian President Vladimir Putin Cyber Front Z, which organized the event, said that their safety precautions for the high profile event “proved insufficient.” Everything will be as we like,” he said. Petersburg said forensic experts were on the scene to identify what caused the explosion. A Russia’s Investigative Committee for St.

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St Petersburg bombing: Who was Vladlen Tatarsky and who is his ... (Daily Mail)

Who was Vladlen Tatarsky and who is his 'assassin' Daria Trepova? Putin war propagandist who was jailed for bank robbery and the anti-war activist accused of ...

It was not immediately clear who had carried out the bombing attack on Tatarsky in Putin's home city as no group has come forward to claim responsibility for the death. Around 100 people were at the event, with at least 25 injured by the blast and four in a critical condition. It is understood that the blast was 'caused by an improvised explosive device hidden inside a statue given to Tatarsky as a gift'. Tatarsky was killed in a blast at Street Food Bar No. Pictured: The damaged exterior of Street Food Bar No. Little is known about Trepova, who has now been arrested on suspicion of murder. A Ukrainian is a Russian spiritual transvestite who is trying to squeeze into another skin. Dugina and Tatarsky are pictured together When he ran into financial difficulties, he robbed a bank and was sentenced to prison. Putin war propagandist who was jailed for bank robbery and the anti-war activist accused of killing him Then he joined separatist rebels and fought on the front line before turning to blogging. A Ukrainian is a Russian who got mentally sick…

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Who is Daria Trepova? The 26-year-old suspect accused of killing ... (Sky News)

Russian officials say the 26-year-old, who is accused of killing military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky in a bomb blast in St Petersburg on Sunday, is an "active ...

She then went to the door, grabbed the bust and presented it to Tatarsky. [would be the second assassination](https://news.sky.com/story/daughter-of-russian-ultra-nationalist-killed-in-suspected-car-bomb-attack-12678269) on Russian soil of a figure associated with the war in Ukraine. Investigators believe the bomb used to kill Tatarsky was hidden in a bust of the blogger that the suspect had given to him as a gift just before the explosion. Tatarsky was killed in a blast as he led a discussion at a cafe on the banks of the Neva River in the historic heart of St Petersburg. Russian officials say the 26-year-old, who is accused of killing military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky in a bomb blast in St Petersburg on Sunday, is an "active supporter" of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's anti-corruption group. [Russia's](https://news.sky.com/topic/russia-5803) Investigative Committee - the country's top state criminal investigation agency - says it arrested Daria Trepova over the death of the 40-year-old pro-war blogger, who was killed in a blast at a St Petersburg cafe on Sunday.

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St. Petersburg Explosion Kills Pro-War Blogger Tatarsky (Bloomberg)

An explosion at a cafe in St. Petersburg, Russia, has killed Vladlen Tatarsky, a military blogger who supported the war in Ukraine.

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Russia blames Ukraine, arrests suspect in killing of war blogger ... (NBC News)

Russian authorities said Monday they had arrested a suspect named as Daria Trepova and blamed Ukraine for the bombing attack that killed Vladlen Tatarsky.

](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-ukraine-war-wagner-yevgeny-prigozhin-putin-chef-soledar-rcna65471) [Yevgeny Prigozhin](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-ukraine-war-wagner-yevgeny-prigozhin-putin-chef-soledar-rcna65471), the influential owner of the Wagner group, said he had owned the cafe where the blast took place and handed it over to a patriotic movement for seminars. He called Tatarsky’s death a “tragedy,” but cautioned against blaming Kyiv for it — adding that it was likely a “group of radicals” not linked to the Ukrainian government. “Spiders are eating each other in a jar,” he added. His killing “may reveal further fractures within the Kremlin and its inner circle,” the assessment said. Kyiv did not claim responsibility for the incident, but hinted that it could have been a case of “domestic terrorism.” Tatarsky was often critical of how Russia’s top military brass was handling the war, which he ardently supported. Tatarsky is originally from the Donbas region and worked as a coal miner before starting a furniture trade business. Asked who gave her the figurine, she sighs and asks to share those details later before the video cuts off. Vladlen Tatarsky, an outspoken supporter of the war who helped shape the Kremlin’s anti-Ukrainian narrative, was killed in an explosion Sunday night as he held an event at a cafe in the center of St. The killing of Tatarsky, 40, left Russia’s pro-war establishment shaken and demanding retribution, as authorities moved swiftly to assign blame. The counterterrorism agency said Trepova, a St. The blast, which the Kremlin called a "terrorist attack," left more than 30 people injured.

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