Posted on Apr 2, 2023
Watch: Russian military blogger handed statue moments before cafe explosion
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A video shared on social media shows the moment a well-known Russian blogger was handed a statue that reportedly killed him.
Military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, real name Maxim Fomin, was attending an event at the Street Bar cafe in St Petersburg when he was killed in a explosion, while 16 others attendees were injured.
According to Interior Ministry sources, quoted by Russian state media, a woman presented the blogger with a statue which contained a bomb.
Tatarsky had more than 560,000 followers on Telegram and was often running a commentary on Russia's war in Ukraine.
Military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, real name Maxim Fomin, was attending an event at the Street Bar cafe in St Petersburg when he was killed in a explosion, while 16 others attendees were injured.
According to Interior Ministry sources, quoted by Russian state media, a woman presented the blogger with a statue which contained a bomb.
Tatarsky had more than 560,000 followers on Telegram and was often running a commentary on Russia's war in Ukraine.
Watch: Russian military blogger handed statue moments before cafe explosion
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Who was Vladlen Tatarsky?
Vladlen Tatarsky, who had filed regular reports from Ukraine, was the pen name for Maxim Fomin, who had accumulated more than 560,000 followers on his Telegram messaging app channel.
Born in the Donbas, Ukraine‘s industrial heartland, Tatarsky worked as a coal miner before starting a furniture business. When he ran into financial difficulties, he robbed a bank and was sentenced to prison.
He fled from custody after a Russia-backed separatist rebellion engulfed the Donbas in 2014, weeks after Moscow’s annexation of Ukraine‘s Crimean Peninsula.
Then he joined separatist rebels and fought on the front line before turning to blogging. Tatarsky was known for his blustery pronouncements and ardent pro-war rhetoric.
After the Kremlin’s annexation of four regions of Ukraine last year that most of the world rejected as illegal, Tatarsky posted a video in which he vowed: “That’s it. We’ll defeat everybody, kill everybody, rob everybody we need to. It will all be the way we like it. God be with you.”
Russian officials said Tatarsky was killed as he was leading a discussion at the cafe on the bank of the Neva River in St Petersburg.
Twenty-five people were wounded in the blast, and 19 of them were hospitalized, according to the regional governor, Alexander Beglov."...
..."Who was Vladlen Tatarsky?
Vladlen Tatarsky, who had filed regular reports from Ukraine, was the pen name for Maxim Fomin, who had accumulated more than 560,000 followers on his Telegram messaging app channel.
Born in the Donbas, Ukraine‘s industrial heartland, Tatarsky worked as a coal miner before starting a furniture business. When he ran into financial difficulties, he robbed a bank and was sentenced to prison.
He fled from custody after a Russia-backed separatist rebellion engulfed the Donbas in 2014, weeks after Moscow’s annexation of Ukraine‘s Crimean Peninsula.
Then he joined separatist rebels and fought on the front line before turning to blogging. Tatarsky was known for his blustery pronouncements and ardent pro-war rhetoric.
After the Kremlin’s annexation of four regions of Ukraine last year that most of the world rejected as illegal, Tatarsky posted a video in which he vowed: “That’s it. We’ll defeat everybody, kill everybody, rob everybody we need to. It will all be the way we like it. God be with you.”
Russian officials said Tatarsky was killed as he was leading a discussion at the cafe on the bank of the Neva River in St Petersburg.
Twenty-five people were wounded in the blast, and 19 of them were hospitalized, according to the regional governor, Alexander Beglov."...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SSG Dennis R. I Saw the Damage this Morning on You Tube! Bloody Hell that Little Statue Packed One Hell of a Whallop!
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