‘I Was Sent to My Death&: Daria Trepova, Facing 28 Years for Pro-War Blogger's Killing, Maintains Innocence

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Thursday, she is widely expected to receive a lengthy prison term in what her family and other observers have called disproportionately
severe even by Russia's standards.On April 2, 2023, Trepova gifted Tatarsky a golden bust of himself while he spoke at an event in a St
Petersburg cafe popular among ultranationalists and pro-war figures
convicted bank robber turned pro-Russian rebel in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, had been an ardent supporter of the invasion of
Ukraine.Investigators claim Trepova acted on the instructions of individuals located in Ukraine
war in Ukraine, says she did not know that a bomb was hidden inside the bust
at St
private life
When Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb
24, 2022, she and her husband Dmitry Rylov were detained at an anti-war rally in central St
individual using the alias Gestalt.The two promised to help her move to Ukraine, where she wanted to work as a volunteer
was severely wounded in the blast, told The Moscow Times
A scar is still visible on the top of his head
totaling about 50 million rubles ($568,500) for moral and property damage
Trepova, who denies the claims because she pleaded not guilty to carrying out the attack, said she would try to privately compensate the
27, faces one year and 10 months in jail for harboring Trepova, whose husband is an acquaintance of his, in his apartment after the cafe
Kyiv has not officially commented on the attack, but Mikhailo Podolyak, adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky, said the attack was a
ReporterPopkov, a former member of the ultranationalist, now-banned National Bolshevik Party, is also wanted in Russia for organizing
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