Key facts
- Russia's Investigative Committee said it opened an investigation into the Moscow car explosion.
- Russian media reported the car belonged to Sergei Zavorotniy, a onetime spokesman for former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.
- Kommersant reported that Zavorotniy was hospitalized after the blast.
- A Russian military member was killed on November 12 when the car he was driving was blown up in St Petersburg, investigators said.
Russia's Investigative Committee, which handles serious crimes, said on November 13, 2026, that it had opened an investigation into the explosion of a car in Moscow. Russian media reported the car belonged to Sergei Zavorotniy, a onetime spokesman for former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, who has been living in Russia since fleeing Ukraine amid anti-government protests in 2014.
Russian newspaper Kommersant reported that Zavorotniy was hospitalized. The Investigative Committee did not name the owner of the vehicle in its statement.
The Moscow blast is the latest in a series of apparent assassination attempts inside Russia. On November 12, a member of the Russian military was killed after the car he was driving was blown up in St Petersburg, investigators said.