In the explosion at a coffee shop in St. Petersburg, well-known nationalist blogger Vladlen Tatarsky died. Russian media cited emergency services for this. Over 200 grams of TNT caused the explosion, according to Tass, and there are 15 people injured now. In the city center near the university, there was an explosion at the 'Street Bar'. According to Tass, the windows about 15 meters away on the street were destroyed. The victim was a nationalist Russian soldier, known for polemical posts against the armed forces' leaders. He had also recently been welcomed by the Kremlin.
He was one of the most prominent nationalist bloggers and had more than 560,000 followers on Telegram. He was one of hundreds at last September's Kremlin ceremony proclaiming Russia's annexation of four partially occupied Ukraine regions. A St. Petersburg internet site stated that the blast passed off in a cafe that as soon as belonged to Yevgeny Prigozhin, nicknamed 'Putin's chef' whose title has additionally been linked to the Wagner Group.
According to the first facts supplied with the aid of the investigators, at least 200 grams of explosives have been used, hidden in a statuette. According to the first indicators amassed by using the Russian press, the bomb that exploded in the bar in the core of St. Petersburg used to be hidden in a gift given by way of a female to the blogger who was once later killed. It was once a container containing a statuette, in accordance to a supply stated by means of RIA Novosti.
25 persons had been injured in the explosion that killed them in a bar in the core of San
As the metropolis governor Alexander Beglov said, 19 of the wounded have been taken to the hospital. The metropolishas no problem granting help to the victims.
People like Vladlen Tatarsky are defenders of the truth, said spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, including that the lack of response from Western governments, no matter their worries for the well-being of journalists and of the free press speaks for itself.