Putin awarded Vladlen Tatarsky the Order of Courage posthumously

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on awarding the Order of Courage to war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky, who died on April 2 (real name Maxim Fomin). Relevant Document published on the Internet portal of legal information.

“For courage and bravery shown in the performance of professional duty, to award the Order of Courage to Fomin Maxim Yuryevich (Vladlen Tatarsky) – a war correspondent (posthumously),” the document says.

On the evening of April 2, an explosion occurred in the Patriot bar on Universitetskaya embankment, where Vladlen Tatarsky’s creative evening was held. As a result, the military commander died, confirmed the information in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Earlier today, the Ministry of Health reported that the number of victims increased to 32 people, 10 of them are in serious condition. Initially, on the fact of the incident, a criminal case was initiated on murder in a generally dangerous way (part 2 of article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

Daria Trepova, a suspect in the murder, who was previously put on the wanted list, has already been detained. She confessedwho brought the figurine to the institution, which subsequently exploded, and noted that she was ready to tell later about who gave it.

National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) named assassination of Tatarsky by terrorist act. A similar assessment of what happened was given in the Kremlin. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Vladimir Putin was “immediately informed” of the incident. Asked if Russia could be said to be facing a new wave of terrorism, the Kremlin spokesman replied that the country was “faced with the Kyiv regime” that “supports terrorist activities.”