Russian propagandist blogger Vladen Tatarsky was killed by an IED hidden inside a gift statuette given to him by a 26 year old anti-Ukraine invasion woman (above) moments before.
Russia’s notorious FSB security service was quick to announce it had detained Daria Trepova, who was described by Russian state media as an opponent of the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine.
But Dmitry Rylov, Ms Trepova’s husband and a fellow activist, said that he thought his wife was being set up by the security services.
“I am completely sure that she would never have been able to do something like this on her own,” Mr Rylov told the SVTV News project. “Yes, Daria and I do not support the war in Ukraine but we believe that such actions are unacceptable.”
But Dmitry Rylov, Ms Trepova’s husband and a fellow activist, said that he thought his wife was being set up by the security services.
“I am completely sure that she would never have been able to do something like this on her own,” Mr Rylov told the SVTV News project. “Yes, Daria and I do not support the war in Ukraine but we believe that such actions are unacceptable.”
Pro-Kremlin Telegram channels published several photos of Ms Trepova as well as a video of her delivering a package to the cafe where Tatarsky was killed. Eyewitnesses said that they saw Ms Trepova give a bust containing the bomb to Tatarsky before it exploded.
Tatarsky was a rabidly anti-Ukraine propagandist who posted videos from Russian forces fighting on the frontline in Ukraine. He had 560,000 followers and was known to be a close ally of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Kremlin’s Wagner mercenary unit.
The FSB blames Ukraine, who denies involvement. Some blame the FSB, indicating to me that the schism between the Russian government and the Wagner mercenary group may be widening.
Reminds me of the bad old dirty trick days of WWI, when agents might arrange to deliver a small “travel” Bible to opposition agents, who might pocket them not knowing the pages were printed on guncotton and that removing the book mark initiated the fuze. Or injecting a powerful acid into railway bearing grease barrels so that bearings wore out and seized extremely prematurely. (Lots of examples in “The Sea Devil’s Fo’c’sle” by Lowell Thomas if anyone is interested.) I personally liked the naval mine built into a conning tower mock-up, so greedy skippers who wanted to ram and sink a German sub (thereby earning a gold watch from the King) sank their own ships.
Putin wants to be Joe Stalin so bad.
https://www.azquotes.com/picture-quotes/quote-i-trust-no-one-not-even-myself-joseph-stalin-58-41-56.jpg
‘and Stalin wanted to be the tsar.
Its not terrorism if WE do it.
If the young lady hadn’t given the bust to the now deceased person, she wouldn’t have been busted.
ha ha..good one jeff. I busted out laughing.
Stop it! Both of you! Before I bust you both upside the haid!
That’s why God invented bustiers; to keep you from getting busted in the head.
Speaking of busts, I was just looking at the above pic of the young gals dress which looks like part of it was busted partially open at the top.
At first glance I thought it was Taylor Swift in her closet.
If I hadn’t been focused on her bust I would have seen
that it was not her.
Hey! You’re busted! Her eyes are up there. DaHell you think this is a Sunday Gunz Girlz Thread?
Now we know why Dave does what the Soviet tells him to do and is damn quick about doing it.
Back to the days of “Spy vs Spy” in good ol’ MAD Magazine.
Is Mad Magazine still the same as I used to read it back in the 1950’s or has it changed??
I haven’t seen one in about 40 years.
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Yeah, I somehow doubt that an “anti-Ukraine invasion” person would willingly plant a bomb then remain in the same room as the target.
Can you say FSB boys and girls? I thought you could.
Tatarsky & Dugina both dead from bombs … and the malefactors caught almost immediately: “coincidence …. I think not.”
Together then … together now. Forever. (^__^)
From the video of the blast taken across the street it looked quite powerful. I wonder what type of explosive was used.
I haven’t seen the video, but there’s far too much overlap in modern explosives to tell just based on a recording.
Beware of women sporting busts…….
Interesting detail about the location of this bombing – the cafe used to be the original location of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s old catering company. And in case anyone missed this other interesting ‘bump off’ –
Russian Pop Star Who Criticized Putin Found Dead After Drowning
I came in shortly before the Ottawa Treaty was drafted. Though the US was not a signatory, Slick Willy was all in favor of the idea. During OSUT, we were basically told, “we’re not really supposed to teach you anti-personnel mines unless you’re heading to Korea – but it’s good info and you should all know it, so here’s how to implant a bouncing Betty… here’s how to set a tripwire on a claymore… here’s how to wire a radial-dial phone to initiate when they hang up… how you prime a door jam… how to make a field-expedient booby trap because the manufactured device will likely phase out…”
Dirty tricks are my favorite part of warfare, and learning real applications for pressure, pressure-release, etc. demolitions went much further than simply relying on the device (and making sure you pulled the right pin) ever could have.
Initiation methods have grown considerably, since then, and I have no idea how to wire a cell phone as the initiator… but so have delivery methods. In my experience, most bombers, today, are unaware that they are delivering a bomb.
Spam phone calls have probably been hell on cellphone bombers though.
They would be alive today, if only they had taken the extended warranty.