Prigozhin presents himself as a victim

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The deadly attack on military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky († 40) on Sunday in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg took place in a café owned by Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin (61). The nationalist organization Kiber Front Z had gathered at Street Food Bar No. 1 for a “patriotic evening” with Tatarski.

On Tuesday, Prigozhin held a memorial service for the late military blogger in the destroyed bar. He got from the front in Bakhmut to the crime scene in St. Petersburg as quickly as possible, he said. Prigozhin promised to develop the Kiber Front Z group, which is affiliated with Wagner, into a social movement that would fight against outside threats. He also noted that he would provide financial compensation to participants in Sunday’s event.

The suspect says she was set up

In addition to the killed military blogger, more than 30 people were injured in the bomb attack. According to the American think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Prigozhin’s response indicates that Prigozhin probably believes that the attack was partly aimed at him. The “vague allegations of a campaign against Wagner suggest that Prigozhin is probably indirectly trying to portray the incident as an attack on him,” the ISW state report on the war in Ukraine says Tuesday.

After the attack, the police arrested a suspect. Darja T.* (26) had taken the bust, in which the explosive was hidden, to the café and handed it over to Tatarski. T. has since been transferred to Moscow and questioned by the authorities. The woman explained that she had been tricked. When investigators asked if she knew the statue contained an explosive device, she replied, “I wasn’t specifically told, but I suspected something bad.”

Received explosive from taxi driver Moscow

T. remained in the café, even after the bust had been handed over. Presumably she suspected that a bug was hidden in it to spy on Tatarski. According to a message from the Russian portal Fontanka, T. had contact via Telegram with an activist whose identity is still unclear. He suggested that the war opponent should work as a journalist for a medium in Kiev. First, however, they had to prove themselves capable of combating Russian propaganda by performing various tasks.

The portal now reports new details about the course of the attack. As one of the assignments, T. received the bust filled with explosives from a taxi driver in Moscow. He said he didn’t know what was in the package. The woman was allegedly promised that after the arrest was delivered, she could leave Russia and start her new job in Kiev. (no)

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Source: Blick