Vladimir Putin has posthumously issued an award to a high-profile Russian military blogger who was killed in an explosion at a St. Petersburg cafe on Sunday afternoon.
Vladimir Putin has posthumously issued an award to a high-profile Russian military blogger who wasVladlen Tatarsky, whose real name was Maxim Fomin, was awarded the Order of Courage on Monday for ‘courage and bravery shown during professional duty,’ the Kremlin announced.while hosting a reading at a propaganda event held at the cafe.who filed regular reports from the front lines, and had accumulated more than 560,000 followers on his Telegram channel.
Ms Trepova, a 26-year-old activist, had previously been detained for participating in a rally against the war on February 24, 2022, the day of the invasion, and she spent 10 days in jail. When asked who gave it to her, she said she would explain it later. The circumstances under which Trepova spoke were unclear, including whether she was under duress.
A spokesperson for the ACF has warned that authorities could use the claim of involvement by political opponents as a pretext to extend Navalny’s prison term. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the restaurateur and mercenary chief who heads the Wagner Group military contractor spearheading Moscow’s offensive in eastern Ukraine, said he owned the café and allowed patriotic groups to use it for meetings.