RT: Prominent Russian military blogger killed in St. Petersburg blast
At least 19 people were reported injured by a suspected IED explosion in a city center café
Leading Russian military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky (real name Maksim Fomin), has been reportedly killed in an explosion in Saint Petersburg on Sunday.
RIA Novosti has claimed, citing a security source, that the blogger died in an attack on the city's ‘Street Bar’ café, which also left more than a dozen injured.
The venue belongs to "Wagner" PMC founder Evgeny Prigozhin, according to local news outlet Fontanka.
Moscow daily Kommersant says this was confirmed by his Concord catering company in 2020.
Tatarsky joined the Donbass militias back in 2014 in the wake of the Maidan coup in Kiev.
He has since become known in Russia as a blogger and a correspondent reporting on the situation in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics. Tatarsky has also authored several books.
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WNU Editor: Leading Russian wary correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky (real name Maksim Fomin) had many contacts in the Kremlin, the Russian military, and the Donbas political/military leadership. His coverage of the war is well known in Russia, and he is very pro-Russian. Vladlen Tatarsky also had over 500,000 followers, and was always a must place to go to get a different perspective of the war that was independent from Ukrainian and Western news organizations.
I remember him for his criticisms of the Russia war effort in the first 8 to 9 months of the war .... a criticisms that was to be later proven right. In the past few months he shifted to supporting the Russian military strategy in the war, specifically on the Russian military focusing its efforts to destroy the Ukrainian army rather than seizing territory. He was always on the front lines, and I must admit that I am surprised that he has lived for this long.
As to who killed him? In the past year many pro-Russian officials have been assassinated by Ukrainian hit squads in the regions that Russia now controls in Ukraine. Media and war correspondents on the Russian side also know that they are high priority targets. Independent war correspondent Patrick Lancaster has mentioned more than once on his YouTube channel (link here) that he is a high priority target for the Ukrainians.
The Western media is saying that a Russian anti-war protester has been arrested for this killing. But my gut is telling me that like the assassination in Moscow of Russian journalist Darya Dugina last year (link here), a Ukrainian intelligence or military link to the murder will be found.
Terrorist Explosion Kills Russian Military Blogger In Saint Petersburg
Cafe bomb in St Petersburg kills Russian military blogger -- BBC
Russian pro-war military blogger killed in blast at St Petersburg cafe -- The Guardian
Russian war blogger killed in St. Petersburg blast -- DW
Prominent Russian military blogger killed in St. Petersburg cafe blast -- CNN
Russian War Correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky Killed in Blast at St. Petersburg Cafe -- Sputnik
War correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky dies in cafe blast in central St. Petersburg -- TASS
VIDEO of blast which killed Russian blogger surfaces -- RT
Explosive device in St. Petersburg cafe stuffed with striking elements -- TASS
Blast that killed Russian war blogger: What we know so far -- RT
Who was Vladlen Tatarsky, the blogger killed in St. Petersburg -- RT
Who Was War Correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky? -- Sputnik
Killed Russian war blogger posed ‘danger’ to Kiev regime – Zakharova -- RT