Bomb attack against pro-Putin name

Yevgeny Prilepin, co-chairman and writer of the Just Russia for Truth party in Russia, was injured by a bomb explosion in his car and one person was killed in the incident.

According to the TASS news agency, an explosion occurred in Prilepin’s car in a village near the city of Nizhny Novgorod. Prilepin, who used the nickname “Zahar”, was injured in the explosion, while the driver of the car was killed. Prilepin was reported to be non-life threatening.

According to preliminary data, the event occurred when the bomb placed under the car exploded. Security forces launched an investigation and investigation into the explosion.

The politician and famous writer, known as “Zahar Prilepin” to the Russian public, worked as a war correspondent in Donbas, eastern Ukraine in 2014. Prilepin, who also served as a consultant to the pro-Russian separatist administration in the region, was included in the sanctions list of the European Union and some Western countries last year for “acts that endanger the security, stability and independence of Ukraine”. and sovereignty” after the start of the Russia-Ukraine War.

Earlier this year, Prilepin was reported to have personally participated in the war in Ukraine.

Dugin’s daughter died

Following the start of the Russia-Ukraine War, Darya Dugina, the daughter of Russia’s well-known political pundit Aleksandr Dugin, was killed in a car bomb explosion in Moscow in August 2022.

Early last month, St. Russian blogger Maksim Fomin, known for his anti-Ukrainian videos in Donbas, was killed in an explosion at a St. Petersburg cafe.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova reacted to the incident in a statement she made on her social media account. “Together with NATO, Washington has nurtured another international terrorist cell, the kyiv regime. Bin Laden, ISIS, now Zelensky with the assassins. (This is) the direct responsibility of the US and the UK.” (AA)