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Aide to fugitive Ukrainian ex-PM wounded in latest Moscow car bombing
A car bomb in Moscow wounded Sergei Zavorotny, a former adviser to Ukraine’s ex-prime minister Mykola Azarov, who is now a journalist and commentator. Azarov said Zavorotny was in a “rather critical” condition in hospital; the blast comes amid a series of attacks on military and prominent figures linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Zavorotny, 72, worked for Azarov in Kyiv until 2014, when Azarov fled to Russia after President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted. A 2020 US Senate report described Zavorotny as a Russian foreign intelligence officer involved in influence operations at the time. The Moscow explosion followed a car bomb in St Petersburg that killed a Russian military member, while overnight strikes by both countries also caused deaths in several regions.
In short
- Former adviser Sergei Zavorotny was wounded in a Moscow car bombing.
- His condition was described as “rather critical”.
- The blast followed a fatal car bombing in St Petersburg.
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