Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the private military company Wagner, attended the funeral of military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky (real name Maxim Fomin) on April 8 at the Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow.
“Today the country is saying goodbye to Vladlen Tatarsky, but Vladlen Tatarsky remains with us, his voice will continue to be heard,” the businessman said before the farewell ceremony.
According to Prigozhin, Tatarsky did not come out of the trenches, he brought people the truth “sometimes cheerful, sometimes not so much.”
On April 2, 2023, an explosion occurred in a cafe on the Universitetskaya Embankment in St. Petersburg, in which the famous military commander Vladlen Tatarsky (real name Maxim Fomin) died. 42 people were injured.
26-year-old St. Petersburg resident Daria Trepova was detained on suspicion of committing a terrorist act. On April 4, the Basmanny Court in Moscow ruled that Trepova should be detained until June 2.
Evgeny Prigogine posthumously registered military commissar Vladlen Tatarsky in the ranks of the PMC “Wagner”.