St Petersburg bomb suspect charged with terrorism over killing of pro-war blogger

Author: Editors Desk Source: The Guardian

April 4, 2023 at 19:37

Darya Trepova, 26, at the Basmanny district court escorted by officers, in Moscow on Tuesday. Photograph: Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters

Moscow says Darya Trepova acted for Ukraine and handed statuette to Vladlen Tatarsky that later exploded

Russian investigators on Tuesday formally charged Darya Trepova, a 26-year-old woman, with terrorism over the killing of the influential pro-war military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky in a bomb blast in St Petersburg.

Tatarsky, whose real name was Maxim Fomin, was killed on Sunday by a bomb blast as he was hosting a discussion with other pro-war commentators at a cafe on the banks of the Neva River in the historic heart of St Petersburg.

The investigative committee said it had charged Trepova with committing “a terrorist act by an organised group that caused intentional death”. It said Trepova had handed Tatarsky a statuette that later blew up, adding that she had acted under instructions from people working on behalf of Ukraine.

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