Putin’s propagandist, Vladlen Tatarsky, was buried today, after he was killed in a hidden bomb attack.
Most of Russia’s pro-war figures gathered this morning to honor Mr. Tatarsky – the 40-year-old blogger who called for all Ukrainians to be killed.
Next to his coffin lay a sinisterly decorated sledgehammer provided by Wagner’s private army, which he supported.
The group used sledgehammers in extrajudicial killings of captured dissidents from Putin’s war in Ukraine.
He was also buried with military honors as part of the funeral, which took place amid tight security at Troyekurovskoye Cemetery in the Russian capital.
Most of the pro-war figures in Russia gathered this morning to pay tribute to the pro-Putin blogger
Next to his coffin lay a sinisterly decorated sledgehammer provided by Wagner’s private army. It was used by the group in extrajudicial killings of captured dissidents
Tatarsky – also known as Maxim Fomin – was a leading advocate of the war with 600,000 followers on social media.
One of the mourners today was Yevgeny Prigozhin, commander of the pro-Putin Wagner special military force.
“Today I would like to thank Vladlen Tatarsky on behalf of myself and the Wagner fighters,” he said.
Tatarsky did a lot to enable us to achieve victory and destroy the enemy.
It is not clear what “victory” he meant by Russia’s failure to make significant military gains.
“Thanks to him for this, we will always remember him,” said Prigozhin, a close ally of Putin who has criticized the dictator’s senior leaders.
While a pro-war fanatic, Tatarsky has also been critical of Putin’s leaders – leading to speculation that he may have been assassinated by the state.
his funeral It came amid allegations from a KGB and FSB veteran that Daria Trepova — who handed him a golden statue with a bomb hidden inside — was also supposed to be dead.
The 26-year-old has been arrested and could face up to 20 years in prison on terrorism charges.
This is despite one sRussian security official Dmitry Medvedev said it was likely she was just used as a “dumb-headed” accessory who didn’t know there were explosives inside.
Pictured: Vladlen Tatarsky, 40, was seen moments before the explosion looking at the statue
Vladlen Tatarsky (pictured) was buried today, after he was killed in a hidden bomb attack
Daria Trepova (pictured) handed Tatarsky the golden statue with a bomb hidden inside
Aleksandr Mikhailov, a former KGB and FSB major general, said this as well, claiming it was “trash” for the perpetrators.
“During the explosion, she was very close to the bomb,” he said.
There was a guarantee that she would not be left alive.
“She did her job – she can be written off.”
Mikhailov added that young people like Trepova were “expendable”, and believed that Tatarsky’s death was a successful operation from Ukraine.
But at the moment it is still not clear who was behind the assassination.
All these factors are bribed to get a can of condensed milk. He said that real customers are expensive.
Although it currently remains unclear who was behind the assassination, a group called the Republican National Army claimed responsibility in a statement.
And the text reads: “We organized and carried out an action on April 2, 2023 against a group of activists Z and personally against the notorious warmonger and propagandist, war criminal Maxim Fomin, better known as Vladlen Tatarsky.
This work was prepared and carried out by us independently, we have no connection and have not received assistance from any foreign structures and especially the special services.
Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee alleged that Tatarsky’s murder was masterminded by Ukraine’s special services with the help of agents collaborating with imprisoned opposition leader Navalny’s anti-corruption foundation.
Daria Trepova was arrested and could face up to 20 years in prison on terrorism charges
Young people like Trepova were said to be ‘expendable’ amid speculation Tatarsky’s death resulted from a beating from Ukraine
Russia’s Investigative Committee said Trepova had acted on orders from “personalities based in Ukraine”.
The Kremlin promoter was speaking at a political event at Street Food Cafe No. 1 when the bomb exploded, killing him and injuring more than 40.
At the time, it was understood that he had been given a small, old-fashioned statuette made to resemble him by former art student Trepova.
Medvedev blamed the imprisoned, repressed and exiled enemies of the Kremlin for the bomb blast.
He specifically named anti-Putin leader Alexei Navalny, 46, now jailed in Russia and seen as a political prisoner, his aide Leonid Volkov, 42, now based in the West, former Russian MP Ilya Ponomarev, 47, now in Ukraine, and Mikhail Khodorkovsky, 59, a prominent opposition activist and Russia’s richest man, in exile in Britain.
Tatarsky was killed in an explosion at Street Food Cafe No. 1, located in downtown St. Petersburg
In a ferocious threat demanding extrajudicial killings, Medvedev said: “All these wonderful … Navy personnel, Volkov, Ponomarev and other Khodorkovsky have become just ordinary terrorists and killers.”
They eagerly enjoy seeing the blood of Russian citizens.
They flare up their noses with excitement at the sight of the wounded and mutilated.
“They swore allegiance to darkness and terror, together with the murderers of their native Kiev Nazi regime.”
His sinister threat continues: ‘Don’t negotiate with terrorists.
They are exterminated like mad dogs with poisonous saliva pouring from their mouths.
No cocky words.
As soon as the opportunity arises. Even if it takes years sometimes.
“Forgiveness does not apply…. This is the highest justice.”
