{
  "id": 19847096,
  "title": "U.S. intelligence previously identified Moscow bombing target Sergei Zavorotny as a Russian foreign intelligence officer",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/u-s-intelligence-previously-identified-moscow-bombing-target-sergei",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-13T18:41:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Insider",
    "slug": "the-insider",
    "url": "https://theins.press/en/news/299580"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a shocking assassination attempt, Sergei Zavorotny, a pro-Russian Ukrainian, was targeted in Moscow earlier today. According to a report from the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in August 2020, Zavorotny is an officer of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR). Zavorotny is described as having served as a spokesman and adviser to former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, who later worked on various pro-Russian media projects after fleeing Kyiv to Moscow in 2014. The conspiracy outlet Important Stories highlighted this report on Telegram, stating that Zavorotny is an SVR officer involved in influence operations. The source also revealed that Zavorotny had a background in the Soviet KGB and had worked as an intelligence officer in Argentina, covering journalistic duties for the Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda. Zavorotny, who was 72 years old, was taken to a hospital after sustaining severe injuries in the explosion, which occurred on Kirovogradskaya Street.",
  "summary": "Sergei Zavorotny, a pro-Russian Ukrainian who was targeted in an assassination attempt in Moscow earlier today, is an officer of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), according to an August 2020 report from the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election. Zavorotny is a former spokesman and adviser to former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola…",
  "key_points": [
    "U.S. intelligence identified Zavorotny as SVR officer in 2020",
    "Zavorotny served as spokesman for former Ukrainian PM Azarov",
    "72-year-old Zavorotny sustained severe injuries in bombing"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Former Ukrainian official injured in Moscow car bombing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/former-ukrainian-official-injured-in-moscow-car-bombing",
        "published": "2026-11-13T11:30:21.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}