The assassination of the famous Russian military blogger, Vladlen Tatarsky – the pseudonym of Maxim Fomin – would reveal internal fractures in the Kremlin. Saying so is the US Institute for the Study of War (ISW), as reported by The Guardian. The Russian Foreign Ministry, after the attack that took place in a room in St. Petersburg allegedly belonging to the leader of the Wagner group Yevgeny Prigozhin, which turned out to be fatal for Tatarsky, immediately pointed the finger at Kiev. However, the blogger used to criticize the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs, not forgetting that Prigozhin yesterday, Sunday, April 2, declared that he would not blame Ukraine for the murder of the blogger, as well as that of Daria Dugina.
The ISW report says that: “Fomin’s assassination in Prigozhin’s cafe is likely part of a larger pattern of escalating Russian internal conflicts involving Prigozhin and Wagner. Fomin attended another event earlier in the dull day, so it appears the attack was deliberately staged in space owned by Prigozhin. Ukrainian Presidential Office adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said Fomin’s death was a result of infighting and competing politics among Russian actors. Fomin’s murder may have been a warning to Prigozhin.”
Meanwhile, Daria Trepova, a 26-year-old Russian resident of St. Petersburg, was arrested in connection with the attack. The news was reported by Interfax and other Moscow news agencies. According to the Russian Investigative Committee, a state body responsible for major criminal investigations, the attack is considered “a high-ranking homicide”.
Source: IL Tempo
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