After Bomb Kills a Bank Robber Turned Military Blogger, Russia Blames Ukraine 

The Russian owner of the Wagner Group military, Yevgeny Prigozhin, says he owns the cafe where the explosion occurred. He doubts Kyiv’s involvement.

AP/Dmitri Lovetsky
A poster with a photo of blogger Vladlen Tatarsky near the site of the recent explosion at St. Petersburg, Russia, April 3, 2023. AP/Dmitri Lovetsky

Russia’s top counterterrorism body on Monday blamed Ukrainian intelligence agencies for the bombing attack that killed a well-known Russian military blogger who fervently supported Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

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