The girl who could have brought the bomb to a meeting with war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky in a cafe in St. Petersburg left the establishment two minutes before the explosion, SHOT reports. According to the Telegram channel, two men with backpacks went out with her. Currently, law enforcement officers establish their location and involvement in the incident. Previously, the girl might not have known that an improvised explosive device filled with striking elements could be hidden in the figurine.
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The girl who presented the military commander with a figurine is in one of the hospitals in St. Petersburg. Doctors assess her condition as moderate. The participant of the creative evening is in the shock ward, her identity has not yet been established due to the lack of documents. It is still unknown whether the girl was involved in the explosion and is a performer, or if she could be used in the dark.
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What is known for the deceased military commander Vladlen Tatarsky – in the reference “Kommersant”. Real name – Fomin Maxim Yurievich. He was born on April 25, 1982 in Makeevka, Donetsk region (now the DPR). After graduating from school, he worked in a mine, later opened a business selling furniture. In December 2011, together with friends, he robbed a bank. He was convicted, served his sentence in a colony in Gorlovka. In the summer of 2014, there were battles near the colony. Maxim Fomin escaped from the colony and joined the militia, participated in the hostilities. In 2019, he retired from military service. He moved to Moscow and, under the name Vladlen Tatarsky, began to cover the events in the Donbass in social networks (he chose a pseudonym in honor of the hero of Viktor Pelevin’s novel “Generation “P””). In the winter of 2022, he returned to service. Attended the signing ceremony by Vladimir Putin of the decree on the accession to Russia of the DPR, LPR, Kherson region and Zaporozhye. There he declared: “We will defeat everyone, we will kill everyone, we will rob everyone we need, everything will be as we like.” Photo: Vladlen Tatarsky’s Telegram page @kommersant
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