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Russia: Twenty-eight years in prison requested for man accused of murdering blogger who facilitated invasion in Ukraine
The Russian prosecutor’s office on Friday requested a 28-year prison sentence for Daria Trepova, a 26-year-old woman accused of the explosive killing in April 2023 of a Russian nationalist blogger covering the invasion of Ukraine.
“The prosecutor asked the court to identify himme Trapova is convicted and sentenced to twenty-eight years in a penal colonyannounced in a press release of the press service of the courts of St. Petersburg, where her case is pending.
The killing, for which Moscow blamed Ukraine, caused an uproar in Russia, particularly among the most ardent supporters of military intervention in neighboring Ukraine.
Blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, whose real name is Maxim Fomin, was quickly arrested for “terrorism” at the hands of Daria Trepova in a St. Petersburg cafe in April 2023, after accepting a booby-trapped statue from her hand. About thirty people were injured in the blast.
During her interrogation and trial, the young woman said she did not know she was carrying the bomb, believing she had been manipulated by a contact in Ukraine. Moscow quickly accused Kiev and “Agent” The jailed dissident Alexei Navalny for being behind the operation.
“I want to apologize for what happened. I’m still ashamed.”, she told judges this week, according to comments reported by Russian media. like thisme Trapova said she acted at the request of a man in Ukraine whom she knew only as “Guchtalt”. According to her, he assured her that the idol contained “Mike”. The girl said she accepted the mission because of her opposition to Russian aggression in Ukraine.
Kyiv has never confirmed its involvement in Vladlen Tatarski’s murder, and Ukrainian officials believed it was a settlement of scores between Russian nationalists.
Moscow has blamed Ukraine for multiple assassinations or attempted assassinations, such as the August 2022 death of Daria Dougina, daughter of ultranationalist ideologue Alexander Dugin, or the May 2023 fatal wounding of writer Zakhar Prilepin. , a passionate supporter of the invasion of Ukraine.
