Zakhar Prilepin: Russian pro-war blogger injured in car bomb

Zakhar Prilepin, a well-known Russian writer and pro-war blogger who supports the Ukraine war, has been injured in a car bomb attack in the Nizhny Novgorod region. Prilepin was reportedly conscious after the attack but his driver was killed.

A suspect with previous convictions was detained less than two hours after the attack was reported. The attack took place on a remote road and the partisan group Atesh claimed responsibility for it. Prilepin is a known supporter of Russian ultranationalist politics and has admitted fighting alongside pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.

Prilepin has been an advocate for the return of Kyiv to Russia and has called for the “purge of the cultural space” of those who oppose the Ukraine conflict. The Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on the bombing until the investigation was complete. However, the Russian foreign ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, attempted to blame the UK and the US for the attack.

The bombing is the latest in a series of attacks against high-profile supporters of President Putin’s war in Ukraine, including the recent death of pro-Kremlin blogger Vladlen Tatarsky and the killing of Darya Dugina, daughter of Putin’s ally Alexander Dugin.

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