News in Video: “Domestic Terrorism” – Russian war blogger dies in explosion in St. Petersburg.
STORY: A well-known Russian war blogger has died in an explosion at a cafe in Saint Petersburg. According to reports from the state news agency RIA, more than 30 other people were injured. State investigative authorities opened a murder investigation. It was initially unclear who could be behind the crime. A top Russian official cited Ukraine as a possible culprit, but provided no evidence to back it up. The leader of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said he would not blame the “Kiev regime”. A Ukrainian presidential aide said “domestic terrorism” had broken out in Russia. Prigozhin said he used to own the café but has since given it to “patriotic” activists who hold meetings there. The Reuters news agency was initially unable to independently confirm this information. Journalist and blogger Maxim Fomin, known by the pseudonym Vladlen Tatarski, is said to have more than 560,000 followers on Telegram. The Russian news agency Tass, citing an anonymous source, reported that the bomb was hidden in a stauette and handed to Tatarsky in the café. The Interfax agency quoted a source as saying that a suspected woman had been arrested.
Source: Stern
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