WATCH: Stand-up comedians make fun of Vladlen Tatarsky's 'assassination', Russia launches probe
1 year, 8 months ago

WATCH: Stand-up comedians make fun of Vladlen Tatarsky's 'assassination', Russia launches probe

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During a performance in Berlin, stand-up comedian Garik Oganesyan received a statuette from another comic Sasha Kapadya. It appeared to reference the figurine gifted to Tatarsky at an event that contained an explosive device that killed him New Delhi: Russian law enforcement officials announced on Wednesday that they will look into a stand-up joke made by two well-known Russian comedians that made fun of a recent bombing that claimed the life of Russian war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky. The figurine, which was given to Vladlen Tatarsky at an event on Sunday carried an explosive device that killed him and injured about 40 others, seemed to be a reference to that, The Moscow Times reported_._ “Is this really a statuette? Tatarsky’s assassination Russian war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was holding a live event for his supporters in the ‘Street Bar 1’ cafe in St. Petersburg’s historical district.

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Hundreds of Russians attend war-blogger Vladlen Tatarsky funeral
1 year, 8 months ago

Hundreds of Russians attend war-blogger Vladlen Tatarsky funeral

Al Jazeera  

Tatarsky was killed on Sunday after a woman handed him a statuette that later exploded in a cafe, wounding more than 40 people. Hundreds gathered for the funeral of high-profile Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky in Moscow after he was killed in a bomb attack in Saint Petersburg. “Metal detectors have been erected at the entrance and we went through …

Vladlen Tatarsky: Putin gives posthumous bravery award to military blogger killed in cafe blast
1 year, 8 months ago

Vladlen Tatarsky: Putin gives posthumous bravery award to military blogger killed in cafe blast

Firstpost  

Russian president Vladimir Putin on Monday posthumously bestowed an award to a high-profile military blogger and supporter of Moscow’s assault on Ukraine, who was killed in an explosion at a Saint Petersburg cafe a day earlier. Vladlen Tatarsky, whose real name was Maxim Fomin, had been given the Order of Courage “for courage and bravery shown during professional duty”, said …

Killed in Russia: Who was fighter-turned-blogger Tatarsky?
1 year, 8 months ago

Killed in Russia: Who was fighter-turned-blogger Tatarsky?

Al Jazeera  

Russia accuses Ukraine and the opposition of involvement but Kyiv says ‘the spiders are eating each other in a jar’. Thirty others were also wounded in the blast in Russia’s second-largest city – and the home of President Vladimir Putin – which came more than a year after Moscow sent troops into Ukraine. Tatarsky – whose real name was Maxim …

Russian military blogger killed in St Petersburg cafe blast
1 year, 8 months ago

Russian military blogger killed in St Petersburg cafe blast

Al Jazeera  

Well-known Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky has been killed in a blast in a cafe in St Petersburg, according to Russian news agencies, quoting sources as saying it was caused by an explosive device. A St Petersburg website said the explosion took place at a cafe that had at one time belonged to Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner Group …

Anti-war activist interrupts live Russian state TV news show
2 years, 9 months ago

Anti-war activist interrupts live Russian state TV news show

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A live evening news program on Russia’s state television channel was interrupted Monday by a person who walked into the studio holding a poster protesting the war in Ukraine. Russia’s state TV regularly amplifies the government line that says troops entered Ukraine to save people from “neo-Nazis” and to defend Russians from a country that was preparing …

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