A car bomb in Moscow on Friday injured Serhiy Zavorotny, a former adviser to Mykola Azarov, the pro-Kremlin former prime minister of Ukraine who fled to Russia in 2014, according to Russia’s Investigative Committee, which said Zavorotny was driving the car when it exploded and was taken to hospital. A day earlier, a similar car bomb in the Pushkinsky district of St Petersburg killed a Russian colonel. No claim of responsibility for either attack had been reported, and Russian authorities characterised the blasts as the latest in a series targeting pro-Kremlin figures, against the backdrop of continuing informal peace talks in Dublin and overnight strikes by both sides that Ukrainian and Russian authorities said killed at least 12 people.
Second car bomb in two days hits Russia
A car bomb in Moscow on Friday injured Serhiy Zavorotny, a former adviser to Ukraine's former prime minister Mykola Azarov, a day after a similar blast in St Petersburg killed a Russian colonel.
Why it matters: The two blasts, which Russian authorities describe as the latest in a series of attacks on pro-Kremlin figures, land while informal peace talks continue in Dublin and overnight strikes by both sides go on.
Data as of BBC report of November 13, 2026, with Reuters, read in full via the estate browser route; single-source reporting, so this item is graded C. The Moscow details are Russia's Investigative Committee's own statement as carried in that report; no claim of responsibility for either blast had been reported as of this item, and reports of the severity of Zavorotny's injuries are unconfirmed.
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- Russia hit by second car bomb in as many days as peace talks continue - BBC, with Reuters - 2026-11-13