Car explosion in Moscow reportedly injures ex-Azarov press secretary
Zavorotny served as press secretary during the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine and fled to Russia in 2014 after Yanukovych's ouster following the Euromaidan Revolution.
A car detonation occurred on Kirovogradskaya Street in Moscow's southern Chertanovo District early Thursday, reportedly injuring former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov's press secretary, Sergei Zavorotny, according to Russian media. Zavorotny, who served under Viktor Yanukovych during Ukraine's Presidency and later fled to Russia in 2014 following the Euromaidan Revolution, continued to espouse pro-Kremlin and anti-Ukrainian sentiments in Russia.
He founded the Ukraine Salvation Committee in July 2015, claiming the Euromaidan Revolution was a Western intelligence-crafted coup. The black Toyota Fortuner, registered to Zavorotny, traveled approximately 200 meters before the blast struck the driver's side, blowing out the left-side doors. Zavorotny was thrown onto the road and subsequently taken to the hospital with a brain contusion, broken ribs, a fractured tibia, and loss of his left arm.
Russian authorities have launched an investigation into the incident as an attempted murder. Earlier on November 12, a Russian serviceman was killed in a similar explosion in Shushary near St. Petersburg.
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