Russia accuses Ukraine of blowing up war blogger Tatarsky

  

A prominent Russian blogger was killed in an explosion at a bar in St. Petersburg on Sunday, prompting allegations of Ukrainian involvement from Russian law enforcement officials. The bomb was placed inside a small statuette, which exploded and killed the writer Maxim Fomin, 40, who worked under the name Vladlen Tatarsky. Nearly 30 others were wounded in the explosion; 10 of those were listed in serious condition, according to Russian authorities.

A 26-year-old Russian woman has been arrested in connection with the attack. Authorities already have a videotaped confession by the woman, whose name is Darya Trepova. According to Moscow's state-run media TASS, the Sunday attack was "masterminded by Ukraine's special services and agents collaborating with Alexey Navalny's anti-corruption foundation," which is often a thorn in the Kremlin's side for its videos publicizing the excessive wealth of Russian authorities. (The BBC has more on one of those videos, which looked into an alleged billion-dollar palace for Vladimir Putin, here.)  

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Ukrainian officials blamed "domestic terrorism" for the Sunday attack, and denied any involvement.