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MapMoscow Car Bomb Critically Injures Sergei Zavorotnyi, Russia Investigative Committee Says
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Car bomb in Moscow injures Sergei Zavorotniy, former adviser to Mykola Azarov. Russian investigators say it was the second car bombing in two days.
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Moscow blast injures Azarov aide
A car bombing in Moscow critically injured an adviser to Ukraine’s former prime minister, and Russia’s Investigative Committee said the explosion struck a car driven by Sergei Zavorotnyi. The Investigative Committee said Zavorotnyi was hospitalised with injuries and added that it did not identify possible suspects pending a criminal inquiry.
Mykola Azarov told state-run TV that he was “shocked” by the attack that left his former adviser critically injured, and he said he believes Zavorotnyi was targeted because of his criticism of the Ukrainian government. The explosion came a day after a bomb in a vehicle killed a military serviceman in St Petersburg, according to Russia’s Investigative Committee, with the Fontanka news outlet calling the victim a colonel while other Russian online media said he was a senior air force officer.
Remote device, no suspects
Al Jazeera’s Yulia Shapovalova said an explosive device was reportedly planted under the man’s car and detonated remotely as he was driving on Friday. Shapovalova added, “In both cases an explosive device was triggered remotely, and it was planted under their car,” and she said “Here in Russia, all the attacks are considered to be orchestrated by the Ukrainian side.”
Russia’s Investigative Committee said on Telegram that “Serhiy Zavorotny, a former adviser to the former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, was injured while driving a car,” and it said “A set of necessary investigative actions is being carried out.” BBC reporting said Azarov told Russian TV that his condition in hospital was "rather critical," and it said Ukrainian authorities had not commented on either bombing.
Investigation, wider war-linked attacks
Russia’s Investigative Committee opened a criminal investigation into the Moscow explosion, and it said a number of examinations would be appointed, including medical and explosives. CNN reported that the car bomb attack in Moscow wounded a former adviser to Ukraine’s ex-prime minister, and it said the Investigative Committee of Russia for the city of Moscow was investigating the explosion on Moscow’s Kirovogradskaya Street.
The BBC said the car bombing happened a day after a Russian colonel was killed in St Petersburg, and it described both blasts as part of a series of attacks on military and prominent figures linked to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Guardian said the two car bomb attacks killed a senior military figure and seriously injured a suspected intelligence agent, and it framed the incidents as part of a series of assassination attempts believed to have been orchestrated by Kyiv.