In the Nizhny Novgorod region, an Audi Q7 car with the writer Zakhar Prilepin was blown up. He was injured, the driver of the car died. Emergency services are in place.
The Baza Telegram channel writes that the explosion occurred in the village of Pionerskoye, near Nizhny Novgorod. According to RIA Novosti, the explosion occurred “quite a distance” about 80 km from Nizhny Novgorod Bor, not far from the Kerzhenets River.
According to Shot, the explosive device could be under the Audi Q7 car. According to another version, the bomb was placed under the hood. The explosion occurred at 10:40 am. The Telegram channel states that as a result, the car turned upside down, forming a funnel with a diameter of about 1.5m and a depth of 0.7m under the car.
A source told Shot that the explosive mass was at least 2.5kg of TNT. In the video taken from the scene of the assassination, it is seen that the author’s car was split in two as a result of the explosion, and the parts of the car were scattered 30 meters away.
Prilepin’s driver, Alexander, died at the scene, this information was confirmed by TASS sources in the emergency services. Zakhar Prilepin himself was seriously injured, his legs were injured. According to RBC, the writer was evacuated to the nearest hospital.
RIA Novosti, citing a source from law enforcement, writes that Prilepin suffered fractures and concussion as a result of the explosion. They fitted her broken leg with splints and corsets in place.
According to 112, the writer will be taken to Moscow by helicopter to be treated. The Ministry of Internal Affairs confirmed the fact that there was a car explosion in the Nizhny Novgorod region and information about the death of the driver.
On the evening of May 6, it was learned that the doctors completed the operation of the writer Zakhar Prilepin. The Izvestia newspaper said, citing a source, that doctors assessed the author’s condition as stable.
The governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region, Gleb Nikitin, said in a video message on his Telegram channel that Prilepin had been operated successfully, but now fell into medical sleep for a speedy recovery.
“The surgery was successful, after the operation Zakhar came to his senses, now he is put into medical sleep to recover faster,” he said.
I was driving from LPR, I stopped at a cafe
According to RBC and Telegram channel “112”, Prilepin was returning to Moscow from the territory of the LPR. He served in the Russian Guard battalion “Oplot”. He passed the checkpoint in the border area today. Presumably, the suspects accompanied Prilepin’s car. As RBC noted, the author stopped for a meal on the way in the Nizhny Novgorod region. Just after it kept moving, there was an explosion.
His daughter may have been in the car with Prilepin, but he got out of the car before it exploded and was not injured, claims military commander Semyon Pegov. According to other sources, the author and the driver were alone in the car. The military commander points out that the deceased driver was Prilepin’s personal security guard with the call sign “Devil”.
Zakhar Prilepin’s wife, Maria, told 112 that her husband had received threats before. “We have lived in this state for many years. There were many threats. Before this terrorist attack, there was no particular threat. In general, they always were, it’s not a secret for anyone, ”said Maria.
explosion investigation
Investigators and criminologists from the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Nizhny Novgorod region went to the emergency site.
“Now law enforcement is investigating the circumstances and causes of the incident. “Zakhar is doing well,” said Gleb Nikitin, governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region.
According to 112 people, barricades were set up in the Nizhny Novgorod region after the explosion. According to him, the police are checking cars at the exit of the city of Bor. Employees inspect the trunks of all passing cars.
According to the news of Baza and Shot, the ‘Prevention’ plan was activated in the region, and the police were tasked with stopping all suspicious vehicles.
The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against a terrorist attack related to the fact that the car was undermined. Later it became known that the Nizhny Novgorod police detained a man in “hot pursuit” who may have been involved in the explosion of Prilepin’s car.
“Police officers detained a man in hot pursuit who may have been involved in the blowing up of the car in which Zakhar Prilepin was found.” reported Irina Volk, official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
According to 112, the detainee is Alexander Permyakova, a resident of the Nizhny Novgorod region, who recently received Russian citizenship. He is now being questioned by the police. The Telegram channel explains that the 30-year-old man was seen by local residents from the village of Pionersky for two days. According to them, he was “just walking in the woods.” RIA Novosti writes that the man was previously convicted.
During his interrogation at the Investigative Committee, he stated that the attempt was carried out with the help of “remote detonation, two anti-tank mines”.
Zakhar Prilepin’s sister, Irina, who is suspected of attempted murder, told Telegram’s 112 channel that she spoke on the phone with her brother a week ago. According to him, Alexander moved to Russia in August 2022 and worked on a construction site in Moscow and lived in a hostel.
On February 19, Permyakov went to St. Petersburg for two days for his mother’s birthday. Arrived in Petersburg. Then he planned to move to Nizhny Novgorod for work.
look for the culprit
The Ateş organization, which describes itself as the “military movement of the Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars”, claimed responsibility for the assassination attempt on the author. He stated that he has been “hunting” for Prilepin since the beginning of 2023.
I had a feeling it was going to blow up sooner or later. That’s exactly how they felt. <…> Our predictions always come true because we don’t just talk, we do it.”
The representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, accused Ukraine, the USA and the UK of organizing the assassination attempt on Prilepin.
“Washington and NATO have fed another international terror cell, the Kiev regime. Bin Laden, ISIS (banned organization in Russia), now Zelensky with bandits. Direct responsibility of the USA and the UK. We pray for Zakhar, ”Zakharova wrote on her Telegram channel.
There is no official information yet about the involvement of the Ukrainian authorities in the explosion. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin has not yet commented on the assassination attempt, and that they are waiting for information from law enforcement.
The leader of the Fair Russia – For Truth party, Sergei Mironov, described the explosion of the car with Prilepin as a planned and organized terrorist attack.
“It is already clear that this planned and organized terrorist attack is yet another arrogant challenge to the unpunished Ukronazi junta. Working with all his might and main right in the Russian countryside, targeting the ideologues of the NWO, ”said the author.
According to TASS’s report, Ukraine’s Security Service also “did not deny or confirm” its involvement in the attempted murder of writer Zakhar Prilepin, citing the RBC-Ukraine agency for comment.
“Officially, we can neither confirm nor deny the intervention of the SBU. [к покушению на Прилепина]”, – replied in the service.
“A famous person cannot be safe anywhere”
A retired colonel from the General Staff, socialbites.ca military observer Mikhail Khodarenok believes that Russian political and public figures should strengthen their own security measures. According to him, the terrorist threat will grow.
“This could happen anywhere in our country, from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok. Right now, a famous person can never be safe anywhere. Therefore, he believes that such persons from a number of prominent politicians and public figures, such as Zakhar Prilepin, should take additional measures to ensure safety, ”says the expert.
He also suggested that Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups may be involved in the car bombing.
“This way, they will get even with famous people who have a prominent position on the Ukrainian crisis,” the Colonel believes.
According to him, the threat to the lives, health and property of such people “will increase day by day.” “And this case will most likely not be the only one,” Khodarenok said.
Zakhar Prilepin, co-chairman of the Just Russia – For Truth party, writer and former State Duma deputy. He previously signed a contract with the National Guard and went to the military operation zone. In February 2022, the European Union imposed personal sanctions on him in connection with military operations in Ukraine. The author signed a letter in support of the Russian military operation. He also stated that “all of Ukraine should be part of Russia”.