Russian pro-war blogger injured in car bomb

A salient Russian writer and pro-war blogger has been wounded by a car bomb, officials say.

Zakhar Prilepin, an vehement protagonist of the Ukraine war, was reportedly conscious aft the onslaught successful the Nizhny Novgorod portion but his operator was killed.

A fishy was detained implicit the attack, the interior ministry said.

It comes a period aft different pro-Kremlin blogger, Vladlen Tatarsky, died successful a bombing astatine a St Petersburg café.

Less that 2 hours aft Saturday's onslaught was archetypal reported, the interior ministry said a fishy with erstwhile convictions had been detained adjacent a wood successful the Nizhny Novgorod region.

"The hunt for imaginable accomplices continues," the connection said.

Nizhny Novgorod Governor Gleb Nikitin said: "Law enforcement officers are present investigating the circumstances and causes of the incident. Zakhar is OK."

The detonation reportedly took spot connected a distant roadworthy immoderate 80km (50 miles) from the municipality of Bor. State media said the blogger suffered a concussion and fractured bones.

The 47-year-old is 1 of Russia's best-known novelists, and is noted for his engagement with Russian ultranationalist politics.

A seasoned of Russia's bloody wars successful Chechnya successful the 1990s, helium has admitted to warring with pro-Russian separatists successful eastbound Ukraine.

He has called for the "return of Kyiv to Russia". Last twelvemonth a radical founded by Mr Prilepin called connected officials to "purge the taste space" of each who reason the conflict.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov declined to remark connected the alleged bombing until the probe was complete.

But Russian overseas ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova sought to blasted the onslaught connected the UK and the US.

"The information has travel true: Washington and Nato fed different planetary violent compartment - the Kiev regime," she wrote connected Telegram. "We commune for Zakhar."

The onslaught is the latest to people high-profile supporters of President Putin's warfare successful Ukraine.

Vladlen Tatarsky was killed past month. The blogger had reported from the Ukraine beforehand enactment and gained peculiar notoriety past twelvemonth aft posting a video filmed wrong the Kremlin successful which helium said: "We volition decision everyone, we volition termination everyone, we volition rob everyone arsenic necessary. Just arsenic we similar it."

Activist Darya Trepova, 26, was aboriginal arrested and was charged with coercion pursuing the work of a video - believed to person been recorded nether duress - successful which she admitted bringing a statuette to the café that aboriginal blew up.

And successful August 2022, Darya Dugina - the girl of a adjacent state of Mr Putin - was killed successful a suspected car bombing adjacent Moscow.

It is thought her father, the Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin, who is known arsenic "Putin's brain", whitethorn person been the intended people of that attack.