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Car bomb injures ex-Ukraine PM's adviser in Moscow

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 13 Nov, 17:13 · Archive

A car bomb in Moscow has critically injured Sergey Zavorotny, an adviser to Ukraine's former prime minister Mykola Azarov. According to Russia's Investigative Committee, the explosion struck Zavorotny's car. He was hospitalised with injuries but the committee did not identify possible suspects pending a criminal inquiry.

Zavorotny, 72, previously worked as a journalist for Russia's daily Komsomolskaya Pravda before becoming Azarov's adviser. He wrote a book about the ouster of Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych in 2014 and ran an online outlet critical of Ukrainian authorities. Russia's REN TV channel reported he lost his left arm, suffered multiple other injuries and was in a coma.

Azarov, who fled to Russia after being forced from office in 2014, told state television he was 'shocked' by the attack. He said he believes Zavorotny was targeted because of his criticism of Ukrainian authorities. The attack was the second car bombing in as many days: a military serviceman was killed by a bomb in his vehicle in St Petersburg on Thursday. The Fontanka news outlet reported the bomb used in the St Petersburg attack had been flown over the border from Ukraine in a balloon.

Car bomb injures ex-Ukraine PM's adviser in Moscow
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In this story: Sergey Zavorotny · Mykola Azarov · Viktor Yanukovych · Moscow · St Petersburg · Ukraine · Russia

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