Former Ukrainian PM’s Aide Seriously Injured in Moscow Car Blast, Second Such Attack in Russia in Two Days
Russian authorities opened a criminal case after the blast seriously injured Sergei Zavorotny, a former aide to ex-Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.
- On Friday, November 13, 2026, a Toyota Fortuner exploded on Kirovogradskaya Street in Moscow, seriously injuring driver Sergei Zavorotny, former press secretary for Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.
- This incident follows a similar car bombing in St. Petersburg on Thursday that killed a Russian military officer, suggesting a broader pattern of apparent assassination attempts inside Russia.
- Russian media reported that an improvised explosive device detonated beneath the vehicle, leaving Zavorotny hospitalized with a concussion, broken ribs, and the loss of his left arm.
- The Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case into the blast, with investigators treating the event as attempted murder and examining potential Ukrainian intelligence involvement.
- Zavorotny, who fled to Russia in 2014 after the Maidan Revolution, maintained a vocal pro-Kremlin profile that authorities believe may have made him a target for his political affiliations.
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After the attack in St Petersburg on Thursday, the Russian capital was shaken by a devastating car explosion on Friday.
Two explosions produced over about 24 hours targeted cars in Russia. A Russian military was killed on Thursday, November 12, in an explosion in Sankt Petersburg, and on Friday, a car containing a former advisor to a Ukrainian prime minister exploded in Moscow.
A car bomb exploded in Moscow, injuring an advisor to former Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, in the second bomb attack in Russia in two days.
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