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Car explosion in Moscow prompts investigation into exiled Ukrainian aide
Russia’s Investigative Committee opened an investigation into a car explosion in Moscow on Friday.
Russian media said the car belonged to Sergei Zavorotniy, an exiled Ukrainian political aide.
Zavorotniy was a spokesman for former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and has lived in Russia since fleeing Ukraine in 2014.
The newspaper Kommersant reported that he was hospitalised.
The blast came a day after a Russian military member was killed in a car explosion in St Petersburg.
The incidents add to a series of apparent assassination attempts inside Russia.
The committee is investigating the Moscow explosion, but no further steps were specified.
A car exploded in Moscow’s Chertanovo district, and Russia’s Investigative Committee opened a criminal case.
Russian media reported that the vehicle belonged to Sergei Zavorotny, a former spokesman for Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.
Telegram channels said Zavorotny was driving and survived the blast in serious condition; the Investigative Committee did not identify the driver.
The explosion occurred on Kirovogradskaya Street near the Yuzhnaya metro station.
Straits Times reported that Zavorotny had been living in Russia since fleeing Ukraine in 2014.
- Who
- Sergei Zavorotny, identified by Russian media as the vehicle’s owner and a former spokesman for Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.
- What
- A car exploded, prompting Russia’s Investigative Committee to open a criminal case.
- When
- Friday, November 13, 2026, according to the Straits Times report.
- Where
- Kirovogradskaya Street in Moscow’s Chertanovo district, near Yuzhnaya metro station.
- Why
- Not stated.
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A Russian military member was killed when the car he was driving exploded in St Petersburg, investigators said.
A car exploded on Kirovogradskaya Street in Moscow.
Russia’s Investigative Committee said it had opened a criminal case over the Moscow car explosion.
- Location
- Kirovogradskaya Street, Chertanovo district, Moscow
- Nearby station
- Yuzhnaya metro station
- Reported vehicle
- Toyota Fortuner SUV
- Reported owner
- Sergei Zavorotny
- Investigating authority
- Russia’s Investigative Committee
- Past role
- Spokesman for Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov
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A car exploded in Moscow. Telegram channels say it belongs to Sergei Zavorotny, former spokesman for Ukrainian ex-prime minister Mykola Azarov.
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