Russia Blames Ukraine as Suspect Held in War Blogger’s Death
- Vladlen Tatarsky killed by bomb inside statue, officials said
- Russia accuses Ukraine, Navalny group in St. Petersburg blast
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Russia accused Ukraine and a group linked to anti-Kremlin opposition leader Alexey Navalny of plotting a bomb explosion in a St. Petersburg cafe that killed a pro-war military blogger.
Law enforcement agents in the city detained a female suspect, Darya Trepova, on suspicion of involvement on Monday. Russia’s National Antiterrorism Committee blamed Ukrainian security services for the blast together with “persons cooperating with the so-called Navalny Anti-Corruption Fund of which the detained Trepova is an active supporter,” in a statement on its website.