Russia identifies Ukrainian suspect in cafe blast

Russia’s top security agency on Thursday charged a Ukrainian man with involvement in a bombing that killed a prominent Russian military blogger at a St Petersburg cafe. Vladlen Tatarsky, 40, a supporter of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, regularly reported on the fighting from the front. He led a discussion in a Saint Petersburg cafe and was killed in an explosion. More than 50 people were injured in that blast. Daria Trepova (26), a resident of St. Petersburg, was immediately arrested in this case.

He was seen in a video presenting a statuette to Tatarsky before the explosion. It is alleged that the explosive was hidden in the same statue. According to Russian media reports, Trepova told investigators that she was asked to give the statuette, but did not know what was inside. Russian officials called the bombing an act of terrorism and blamed Ukrainian intelligence agencies for organizing it.

Ukrainian officials have not directly responded to the allegation, but an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the bombing as part of Russia’s internal unrest. The Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on Thursday that Yuri Denisov, a Ukrainian national, had collected information on the blogger and delivered explosives via courier to Trepova.

The FSB also confirmed that Trepova was a supporter of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and accused Navalny’s top aides of repeatedly calling for subversive activities in Russia. Navalny’s allies have dismissed these allegations as similar to previous allegations, and warned that authorities may try to use the blast case to extend Navalny’s prison term and label his supporters as internal enemies. can present.

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