Moscow car explosion injures former aide to pro-Russian Ukrainian politician

A car explosion in southern Moscow injured a former aide to a pro-Russian Ukrainian politician on Friday, according to Russian authorities, the second apparent attack in two days.

Sergey Zavorotny, who served as an adviser to the former pro-Russian prime minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov, was transported to a city hospital for medical care, the Investigative Committee of Russia for the city of Moscow said in a statement.

Azarov served as the Ukrainian prime minister from 2010 to 2014, when he fled to Russia during the street protests known as the Maidan Revolution.

The Russian Investigative Committee said that a comprehensive investigation into the explosion on Moscow’s Kirovogradskaya Street is underway.