Wagner'signs up' blogger Tatarsky was killed

The Russian military blogger killed by a terrorist bombing in St. Petersburg, Vladlen Tatarsky, was posthumously entered into the roster of the private military company Wagner Group on Monday. If Tatarsky’s family agrees, this would entitle them to survivor benefits and other privileges. Tatarsky was not a member of Wagner in life, but had reportedly worked with the private military company and promoted its efforts to help with the Russian military operation in Ukraine. He was killed on Sunday in St. Petersburg when an improvised explosive device concealed in a gift statuette exploded during an event at a cafe that Prigozhin had business ties to. Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) said that the terrorist act was planned by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).

Tatarsky had been a friend of Darya Dugina, the Russian journalist killed last August with a car bomb in the suburbs of Moscow. US spies later blamed “parts” of the Ukrainian government for the hit.