Second car bomb to hit Russia in two days targets exiled Ukrainian political aide, media report
Investigators opened a criminal case as the former Ukrainian aide remained in serious condition after the blast, which officials called an attempted murder.
- On Friday, Russia's Investigative Committee opened an investigation into a car explosion in Moscow's Chertanovo district that hospitalized 72-year-old journalist Sergei Zavorotny in serious condition.
- Zavorotny, a former aide to Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, fled Ukraine for Russia following the 2014 Maidan Revolution and became a prominent voice for pro-Kremlin and anti-Western views.
- Investigators are treating the blast as attempted murder, with Kommersant newspaper reporting suspicions of possible involvement while Zavorotny was driving on Kirovogradskaya Ulitsa.
- This incident follows a Thursday car bomb in Petersburg that killed a Russian military officer, whom local reports identified as a colonel in the Russian Aerospace Forces.
- Authorities view these events as part of a series of apparent assassination attempts inside Russia, with another military officer killed in the same Petersburg neighborhood in August.
92 Articles
92 Articles
Today, a car exploded in Moscow, and the victim of the explosion was Sergei Zavorotny, who was an adviser to the former Prime Minister of Ukraine, Mykola Azarov, writes TASS.
The Russian Investigation Committee reported on Friday (13) that it opened an investigation into the explosion of a car in Moscow, which, according to the Russian press, belonged to an exiled Ukrainian political adviser. The Russian media reported that the car belonged to Sergei Zavorotniy, former spokesman of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, who has lived in Russia since fleeing Ukraine in the midst of protests against the Ukraini…
A FORMER spokesman for the former pro-Russian Prime Minister of Ukraine was injured in a car explosion in Moscow, according to Russian media.
A former adviser to former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has been injured in a car explosion south of Moscow, Russian media reported on Friday. According to them, the incident occurred on a main road in the Chertanovo district of Moscow, Western media write, reports Telegraph. "According to preliminary information, Sergey Zavorotny was injured during the incident," RIA reported, citing law enforcement officials, and describing him as a …
In the south of Moscow, a passenger car exploded on Friday morning. The car was driven by Sergei Zavorotny, spokesman for former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov. The explosion threw the driver onto the roadway.
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 39% of the sources lean Left
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
