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By Brendan Cole
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Investigators in Russia have launched an attempted murder investigation after a car driven by a former Ukrainian political aide exploded on a Moscow road.
Sergei Zavorotny, a 72-year-old journalist was seriously injured in the blast which is the latest in a string of car bomb attacks in Russia in recent months.
The SUV that Zavorotny was driving blew up in the Chertanovo district in the south of the capital, according to Russian media which showed images of the burnt-out vehicle.
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Zavorotny was a former aide to Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, who served as the head of the government in Kyiv between 2010 and 2014.
He worked for Azarov during the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych, a pro-Kremlin head of state who was ousted in 2014 following street protests.
Kommersant reported that Zavorotny had moved to Russia after the 2014 Maidan Revolution that toppled Yanukovych and pushed pro-Kremlin views.
There has been a spate of other car bomb attacks on figures linked to Russia’s military and its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Friday’s blast comes a day after a car bomb killed a Russian officer in St. Petersburg who was a colonel in the Russian Aerospace Forces.
This is a developing story to be updated.
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