Writer Sergey Zavorotny lost an arm and suffered head injuries and multiple fractures, a law enforcement source told RT<\/p>\n
A car bombing in southern Moscow has injured writer and former adviser to ex-Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolay Azarov, Russia\u2019s Investigative Committee said on Friday.
\nSergey Zavorotny, 72, was behind the wheel when the explosion occurred on Kirovogradskaya Street in the capital\u2019s southern district of Chertanovo. He was taken to the hospital for treatment, investigators said.
\nA law enforcement source told RT that an improvised explosive device detonated in Zavorotny\u2019s Toyota. He lost an arm and suffered a brain contusion and multiple fractures, the source said, describing his condition as moderately serious.
\nKommersant reported that investigators suspect Ukrainian intelligence services, particularly the SBU, of involvement. According to the outlet, a suspected magnetic mine attached beneath the vehicle was detonated remotely while Zavorotny was driving.<\/p>\n
The device\u2019s explosive power was estimated at the equivalent of 300-500 grams of TNT. Its construction will be established through forensic examination, the newspaper reported.
\nThe Investigative Committee\u2019s Moscow branch has opened a criminal case and is gathering evidence. Medical and explosives examinations will be conducted as part of the investigation.<\/p>\n
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Zavorotny served as Azarov\u2019s press secretary when he was prime minister in 2010-2014. After the Western-backed overthrow of Viktor Yanukovich, he continued working with Azarov in Russia, becoming the spokesman for the former prime minister\u2019s Committee for the Salvation of Ukraine.
\nHe also headed the Antifashist news outlet and co-authored a book examining Yanukovich\u2019s ouster and Western involvement in Ukraine. Earlier in his career, he worked as Komsomolskaya Pravda\u2019s correspondent in Latin America.
\nZavorotny is also listed on Ukraine\u2019s notorious Mirotvorets database, which publishes personal information about people it considers enemies of Ukraine, and is widely known as Kiev\u2019s \u2018kill list\u2019. His entry in the database now displays a photograph of his bomb-damaged vehicle.
\nAzarov responded to the incident, saying he is \u201cshocked and outraged\u201d by this \u201cmonstrous terrorist attack\u201d against a civilian journalist.
\nHe praised Zavorotny\u2019s reasoned judgments and sober assessments of Ukraine. \u201cSometimes his point of view differed from mine. But as time passed, I became convinced he was right,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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Azarov accused the authorities in Kiev of having \u201cno restraints or limits,\u201d and wished his former aide a speedy recovery.
\nRussian security services have reported a number of cases in which they thwarted Ukrainian-directed attacks in Moscow and the surrounding region. On October 26, the FSB said it detained two alleged SBU agents preparing drone attacks against an energy facility and part of Moscow\u2019s missile defense system.
\nIn July, the FSB announced the arrest of a woman allegedly tasked by Ukrainian intelligence with planting a bomb beneath a security officer\u2019s car in Moscow.
\nThe capital has also suffered deadly bombings. On August 1, an explosion at the Balzi Rossi restaurant in central Moscow killed three people and wounded 21, according to the National Antiterrorism Committee. A security guard stopped a woman carrying an explosive device from entering; both were killed, along with a patron.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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