Russia announced the first detention in connection with the death of pro-war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, who died during an explosion in a cafe yesterday. Darya Trepova, 26, was previously on the country’s wanted list and allegedly a supporter of dissident Alexei Navalny, who is currently in prison. Russia also claimed that the explosion was a terrorist attack led by Ukraine.
Russian authorities announced that they detained a woman while searching for the killers of pro-war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, who died in an explosion at a cafe in St Petersburg.It was stated that 26-year-old Darya Trepova is on the wanted list of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.Russian media also reported that Trepova gave Tatarsky a small statue shortly before the explosion, and there are discussions that an explosive device may have been hidden inside it. Authorities said they were investigating the attack in the center of Russia’s second-largest city as a „high-profile murder“.Trepova was detained hours after her mother and sister were questioned, Russian news agencies reported. Trepova was reportedly detained for several days after an anti-war protest in February last year.On the other hand, it turned out that the cafe named Street Food Bar No 1 near the Neva River where the explosion took place once belonged to Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led Russia’s Wagner mercenary group that was involved in most of the fighting in Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine.Prigozhin commemorated Tatarsky, whose real name is Maxim Fomin, in the video where he is seen planting a flag on the town hall in Bakhmut late at night. A supporter of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Tatarsky was a well-known blogger with over half a million followers.On the other hand, Russia claimed that Ukraine was responsible for the explosion that killed Tatarsky and injured 31 people. Russia’s National Counter-Terrorism Committee claimed that the murder of Vladlen Tatarsky was „planned“ by the Ukrainian special services and that it was an „act of terrorism“.Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski, shared on his Twitter account, „Spiders in Russia are eating each other in a jar, and the political conflict within Russia has turned into terrorist acts.“ used his statements.Anti-terrorism officials in Russia claimed that the explosion was planned by the Ukrainian special services and that various figures from the Navalny Anti-Corruption Foundation helped make the incident happen.The nonprofit group, which investigates corruption among top Russian officials, was founded by opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is currently serving a prison sentence in Russia for alleged fraud and contempt of court.Authorities claimed that Trepova was a supporter of the group, which was previously declared a „foreign agent“ and was banned in Russia.
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A woman named Darya Trepova has been detained in connection with the death of pro-war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky in an explosion at a cafe in St Petersburg. Trepova was previously on Russia’s wanted list and is allegedly a supporter of dissident Alexei Navalny. Russian authorities are investigating the attack as a „high-profile murder“ and claim that it was a terrorist attack led by Ukraine. However, some have questioned the claim and pointed out that the cafe where the explosion occurred was once owned by Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led Russia’s Wagner mercenary group involved in fighting in eastern Ukraine. Prigozhin commemorated Tatarsky in a video where he planted a flag on the town hall in Bakhmut. Russia has also implicated figures from the Navalny Anti-Corruption Foundation in the attack. The group, which investigates corruption among top Russian officials, was founded by Navalny, who is currently serving a prison sentence in Russia.
