Russian military journalist killed in explosion in St Petersburg cafe that belonged to Wagner Group owner

Vladlen Tatarsky, a Russian military journalist, has been killed in an explosion in a cafe in central St Petersburg. The cafe used to belong to Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group Private Military Company.  Source: TASS; Fontanka; RIA Novosti

Details: Russian emergency service told TASS that an explosion occurred in the Street-Bar cafe on Universitetskaya Embankment in central St Petersburg, killing one person and injuring six.

Fontanka wrote that the cafe used to belong to Yevgeny Prigozhin. A Cyber Z Front "discussion club" holds its meetings in the cafe on weekends. Meduza, a Latvian-based Russian media, reported that a Prigozhin-linked Telegram channel said that an event celebrating the work of Russian "military journalist" Vladlen Tatarsky was being held in the cafe on Sunday afternoon.

RIA Novosti reported that Tatarsky was killed in an explosion in St Petersburg.

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