Russia names Ukrainian suspect in blast that killed pro-war blogger
The blogger, Maxim Fomin, also known as Vladlen Tatarsky, was killed when a bomb, hidden in a statuette that he had been given as a gift, exploded in a cafe.
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The blogger, Maxim Fomin, also known as Vladlen Tatarsky, was killed when a bomb, hidden in a statuette that he had been given as a gift, exploded in a cafe.
Among her feminist-minded and politically active social media followers, petite blonde Daria Trepova was known as Dasha Tykovka (“Dasha Little Pumpkin”). Few of them expected that Trepova — who appears to have mostly used her Twitter account to discuss relationship problems and other personal issues — would become the main suspect in one of the most high-profile terrorist attacks in recent Russian history. “Wait, are you f***ing serious?
In this whodunnit — as with so many in Russia — we are unlikely to discover the real identity of the murderer.
Daria Trepova reportedly believed she was being tested by a Ukrainian j journalism job when she handed a pro-Putin blogger a small statue laced with explosives at a café in St Petersburg.
New developments: —Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Monday, the village of Yahidne in north Ukraine on the anniversary of its liberati