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| Cafe explosion in St Petersburg kills military blogger | Cafe explosion in St Petersburg kills military blogger |
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| Vladlen Tatarsky posted reports on the Telegram messaging service | |
| An explosion in a St Petersburg cafe has killed prominent Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, Russia's Interior Ministry has confirmed. | |
| At least 16 people were injured in the Street Bar Cafe explosion, police say. | |
| Videos posted on social media show an explosion and injured people on the street. It is not clear who was responsible for the blast. | |
| Vladlen Tatarsky (real name Maxim Fomin) was a vocal supporter of Russia's war in Ukraine, | |
| He had reported from the Ukraine frontline and gained particular notoriety last year after posting a video filmed inside the Kremlin in which he said "We will defeat everyone, we will kill everyone, we will rob everyone as necessary. Just as we like it." | |
| Interior ministry sources quoted by Russia's RIA news agency said a bomb was hidden in a statue presented to Tatarsky in a box as a gift. | |
| Related Topics | Related Topics |
| Russia-Ukraine war | Russia-Ukraine war |
| Russia | Russia |
| St Petersburg |