Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, St. He reclassified the explosion in St. Petersburg to Part 3 of Art. 205 of the Criminal Code of Russia (“Terrorist act”). In addition, the ministry stated that according to its data, the terrorist attack was carried out from the territory of Ukraine.
on my own Web site The National Anti-Terrorism Committee of the Russian Federation (NAC) in St. He claims that the terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg cafe was organized by the Ukrainian special services.
According to the official, “agents from among those collaborating with the Anti-Corruption Foundation were recruited to carry out the attack (the organization was listed as foreign agents by the Ministry of Justice and banned in Russia). [Алексея] Navalny” (included in the list of terrorists and extremists). NAC also claims that Daria Trepova, who was arrested on suspicion of involvement in the murder, is an “active supporter” of FBK.
Daria Trepova on suspicion of involvement in the murder of military commissar Vladlen Tatarsky. Detained in St. Petersburg, 3 April 2023
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FBK director Ivan Zhdanov (known in the Russian Federation as a foreign agent) stated that the organization was “not involved in a terrorist attack”. “It is foolish to refute the fact that we did it. Naturally, we do not do this. Rejection – what if someone thinks we really are? They have been trying to put terror on us for a long time,” he said.
It’s worth noting that Zhdanov on his Twitter account interpreted Tatarsky’s death as “the murder of a villain” and, ironically, wrote that he would “be removed from the list of corrupt officials and warmongers” of the FBK.
An explosion occurred at the beginning of Vladlen Tatarsky’s recital on the evening of April 2, in the Patriot bar owned by businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin. The blogger himself died, with more than 30 injured of varying severity. According to preliminary data, the TNT charge was placed in a statuette with a bust of Tatarsky, presented to him by 26-year-old Daria Trepova. He fled the scene.
RBC’s source at the Home Office said law enforcement was considering a version of extensive preparations for a terrorist attack. Several people were involved in this. Security guards are investigating who else was involved in the explosion at the cafe.
According to the source, Russian special services “have long known that an assassination attempt on Vladlen Tatarsky was being prepared.”
Trepova’s arrest
Daria Trepova, who was videotaped while handing the bomb figurine to Vladlen Tatarsky, fled the scene. The next day, April 3, he was taken into custody.
The SHOT Telegram channel reported that the girl’s first words at the time of her detention were a statement that she was set up and used.
Telegram channel 112 reported that the police were investigating a house near the crime scene and going door to door. In one of the apartments Trepova was with her friend.
“I brought an exploding figurine in there,” he admitted in a video soon after. But when the inspector asked who gave her the statuette, the girl replied that she would answer later.
According to him, “I can say that Vladlen was at the scene of the murder,” he was detained.
The newspaper Izvestia reported that Darya bought a plane ticket from Pulkovo for the evening of April 2, but did not appear at the airport.
Dmitry Rylov, the wife of Trepova herself, a wanted member of the Russian Libertarian Party, is in Georgia. He stated that a bomb was dropped on Daria and that “the purpose of the raid was not clearly understood”.
“We spoke with Dasha, she didn’t reveal any details, but from the conversation it was clear she was absolutely certain the gift would contain some kind of device that “allows access to a person” and is unlikely to be detected immediately.
– “We can explain,” said Rylov in a chat via Telegram.
He also stated that his wife did not act according to instructions from FBK or structures affiliated with Navalny.
Officials’ reaction
Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov described the explosion and the killing of Tatarsky as a terrorist attack.
“This is an act of terrorism. We have seen the statement of the National Counter-Terrorism Committee (NAC). The active phase of the investigation is currently ongoing. We see that very drastic steps have been taken to arrest the defendants. In this case, let’s be patient and wait for the clarifications from our special services,” he said.
— said the representative of Vladimir Putin. He also said that “the Kiev regime may be behind the assassination”.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he did not consider killing Vladlen Tatarsky because he was not in Ukraine.
“St. I do not think about what is happening in St. Petersburg or Moscow. Russia should consider this. I think about our country,” he said.
Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov visited the wounded, who were hospitalized after the explosion. He said that the family of the deceased military correspondent will receive 1 million rubles from the city, and the victims, depending on the severity of the injuries, will receive from 250 to 500 thousand rubles.
Vladlen Tatarsky (real name Maxim Fomin) is a native of Makeevka, a former miner and entrepreneur. He was sentenced to prison for armed bank robbery. According to him, he escaped from prison in 2014 and joined the DPR militia. Memories published later: “Running”, “Battle” and “Meditation”. Since the beginning of the SVO, he actively supported the actions of the RF Armed Forces. He served in the battalion “Vostok”.
In September 2022, the media noticed that Tatarsky, along with other military commanders, was in the Kremlin’s Georgievsky Hall during the signing of a decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin on the annexation of new territories to Russia.
Darya Trepova and her husband were detained by police on February 24 after attending an anti-war rally. The court gave the defendants 10 and 9 days of detention, respectively. SOTA Telegram channel, the girl’s St. Petersburg party, she reportedly became known as “Dasha Tykovka”. Trepova supported feminism and veganism, first working in a clinic and then in a secondhand shop.
Source: Gazeta
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