The well-known Russian military blogger Vladilon Tatarsky was killed in an explosion in a cafe in the Russian city of St. Petersburg.
The news agency quoted an unnamed source as saying that the bomb was hidden in a small statue in the cafe, which detonated when the statue was given to blogger Tatarsky as a gift.
Tatarsky, whose real name was Maxim Fomin, supported Russia’s war effort in Ukraine in his blog.
Russian media say that Tatarsky has more than 560,000 followers on social media.
According to Russian media, at least 25 people have been injured in the blast and have been shifted to different hospitals.
Russian authorities say they have launched an investigation into the explosion, but it was not immediately clear who was behind it.
Russia’s foreign ministry has not blamed anyone for the attack, but says the silence in Western capitals after the explosion exposes their hypocrisy.
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