russia says a pro kremlin military blogger has been killed in a blast in a cafe in st petersburg. police say several others have been injured in the incident. the city is the second largest in russia after the capital, moscow. vladlen tatarsky was one of a handful of reporters writing blogs on the telegram platform from the frontline and was a vocal supporter of russia s war in ukraine.these are pictures before the explosion. tatarsky was a guest speaker at an event hosted by the cafe in st petersburg when the bomb went off. it is not clear at this time who s responsible for the blast. the russian foreign ministry has paid tribute to victim. earlier, i spoke to sergei goryashko from bbc russian who started by telling us about what is known from what happened in the cafe. minutes ago we received an update from russian state news agencies, according to their sources, a person who allegedly has given a statue, small statue to vladlen tatarsky and it is believed after that, the b
hello and welcome to the programme. we start today with russia. it says a pro kremlin military blogger has been killed in a blast in a cafe in st petersburg. police say 16 others have been injured in the incident. the city is the second largest in russia after the capital, moscow. vladlen tatarsky was one of a handful of reporters writing blogs on the telegram platform from the front line and was a vocal supporter of russia s war in ukraine. these are pictures before the explosion. tatarsky was a guest speaker at an event hosted by the cafe in st petersburg when the bomb went off. i m joined now by sergei goryashko, journalist at bbc russian. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. i know information is coming in fast and fluid but if you could talk us through what we know at this point. for could talk us through what we know at this point- at this point. for now we know that the explosion at this point. for now we know that the explosion was at this point. for