Former Ukrainian premier’s spokesman reportedly seriously injured in Moscow car bombing

Sergey Zavorotny, a former spokesman for ex-Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, was seriously injured in a car bombing in Moscow’s Chertanovo district on Friday, Russian media reported. Reports said the 72-year-old journalist lost part of an arm. 

An explosive device reportedly attached beneath the vehicle detonated after it had traveled about 200 meters from a residential courtyard. Russian media said the blast threw the driver onto the roadway. 

Zavorotny served as Azarov’s press secretary during Viktor Yanukovych’s presidency and previously worked in Russia’s State Duma. Russia’s Investigative Committee opened an investigation into the explosion. 

The blast followed a car bombing in St. Petersburg on Thursday that killed a member of the Russian military, investigators said.