St. Petersburg, which resulted in the death of military commander Vladlen Tatarsky (real name Maxim Fomin). He published a new statement about the terrorist attack in St. Petersburg. The organizers of the explosion were “Ukrainian special services and their agents”, including “Russian dissidents hiding abroad”, according to the FSB.
According to the FSB, 35-year-old Ukrainian citizen Yuriy Denisov prepared the attack, along with the arrested Daria Trepova. The special service described Denisov as a member of the “Ukrainian sabotage and terrorist group.”
The man arrived in Russia from Kiev in February 2023, “by order of the Ukrainian special services”, through the territory of Latvia. The FSB says that in Russia, Denisov collected information about Tatarski’s lifestyle and places he visited. For this, the suspect rented an apartment near the military correspondent’s residence and bought a car.
According to the intelligence service, Denisov, with the help of the “express delivery” service through an intermediary, gave Trepova an explosive device “disguised as a plaster bust of a military commissar” to organize the explosion.
The FSB said that after the terrorist attack on April 3, Denisov flew from Russia to Turkey via Armenia. The special service added that it had started the procedure to put Denisov on the international wanted list and released a photo of the suspect’s documents.
In addition, the service posted on the network a video of Denisov crossing the border and a photo of the car he was driving.
The report says that the perpetrator of the murder, Daria Trepova, was a supporter of Navalny’s ideology (included in the list of terrorists and extremists). According to the FSB, his participation in the terrorist attack was the result of the activities of the leaders of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (the organization was included in the list of foreign agents by the Ministry of Justice and banned in Russia), Leonid Volkov (recognized as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation) and Ivan Zhdanov (in the Russian Federation). recognized as a foreign agent).
The FSB states that Trepova is registered with the FBK Smart Voting project.
A press release from the secret service states that after the start of the military operation, they “repeatedly expressed the need to carry out subversive activities in Russia in order to change the constitutional order” by any available means.
“The investigation into the attack is ongoing. All its organizers and accomplices will be held accountable,” he said.
What is known about the explosion
The explosion in the Patriot bar on the Universitetskaya embankment in St. Petersburg occurred on April 2 during a meeting between Vladlen Tatarsky and his supporters from the Cyber Z Front club. After the incident, 40 people, 3 of whom were minors, applied for medical assistance.
The next day, the Investigative Committee announced the arrest of suspect Daria Trepova. Russian security officials believe that the murder was planned by the Ukrainian special services “with the participation of their agents” of people who cooperated with the FBK.
A figurine with an explosive device was delivered to Trepova by a taxi driver in Moscow, Fontanka reports, citing interrogation materials. Fontanka writes that this task is a test by the “curator.” According to the publication, he didn’t know the contents of the package but “guessed something bad.” The bomb was activated remotely, at that moment Trepova was at the institution along with other participants in the event.
On April 4, the court sent Trepova to a pre-trial detention center. Trepova is indicted for articles on terrorist attack and illegal smuggling of explosives. On the same day, St. It has emerged that the “National Republican Army” claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack in St. Petersburg. Its representatives claimed that they personally carried out a terrorist attack on Tatarsky. At the same time, they are not affiliated with any foreign structure or special service. In 2022, the same organization had already claimed responsibility for the murder of Daria Dugina.
On April 6, the Cyber Z Front movement urged the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the UN Security Council, to ensure the recognition of former State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev (recognized as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation) and the National Republican Army. as terrorists to put them on the international wanted list.