According to emergency services, an explosion in a cafe in Russia’s Saint Petersburg killed one person and injured six others on Sunday

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Published: 4:27 pm April 2, 2023

Updated: 1:02 am May 26, 2024

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The explosion killed a well-known Russian military blogger named Vladlen Tatarsky.

The blast was caused by a bomb hidden in a statue presented to Tatarsky in a gift box. Tatarsky, also known as Maxim Fomin, was a prominent military blogger with over 560,000 followers on Telegram and was critical of Russia’s involvement in the war in Ukraine.

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