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Former Ukrainian PM’s Aide Seriously Injured in Moscow Car Blast, Second Such Attack in Russia in Two Days
Russian media said the blast may have been caused by an explosive device, and investigators opened an attempted murder probe.
- 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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Sergei Zavorotny was injured in the attack and, according to Russian authorities, is being treated in hospital.
Sergei Zavorotny is in critical condition after a car bomb exploded in Moscow. The injured person is a former adviser to pro-Russian former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov. The post Moscow car bomb explosion – Target, adviser to pro-Russian former Ukrainian Prime Minister appeared first on in.gr.
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Russian authorities confirmed that 72-year-old Sergei Zavorotny, the former press secretary of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, who fled to Moscow in 2014, was injured in the explosion.
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