From small-time Ukrainian crime boss to potential Prigozhin rival Who was Armen Sarkisyan, the Russian paramilitary head killed in a Moscow blast?

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From small-time Ukrainian crime boss to potential Prigozhin rival Who was Armen Sarkisyan, the Russian paramilitary head killed in a Moscow blast?

On the morning of February 3, an explosion rocked a high-end apartment complex in Moscow, killing at least one person and injuring multiple others. The confirmed victim was Armen Sarkisyan, a businessman and criminal figure from the occupied city of Horlivka in Ukraine’s Donetsk region. Russian state investigators reported that his murder was likely linked to a power struggle over his business interests, though they haven’t ruled out Ukraine’s i…