A Second Car Bomb in Two Days in Russia Explodes in Moscow on November 13: Russian Media Say the Car Belonged to Exiled Ukrainian Political Aide Sergei Zavorotniy, Who Was Hospitalised, and the Investigative Committee Has Opened an Investigation
MOSCOW, Russia — Russia's Investigative Committee, which handles serious crimes, said on Friday, November 13, that it had opened an investigation into the explosion of a car in Moscow that Russian media reported belonged to an exiled Ukrainian political aide, Reuters reported.
Russian media reported the car belonged to Sergei Zavorotniy, a onetime spokesman for former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, who has been living in Russia since fleeing Ukraine amid anti government protests in 2014. Russian newspaper Kommersant reported that Zavorotniy was hospitalised.
It is the latest in a series of apparent assassination attempts inside Russia. On Thursday, a member of the Russian military was killed after the car he was driving was blown up in St Petersburg, investigators said. The St Petersburg case was reported separately on November 12; this item covers the second incident, in Moscow.
The Investigative Committee published no details of how the Moscow explosion was carried out or of any suspects, and no details of Zavorotniy's injuries were released.
Source: Reuters
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