A bomb detonated in the lobby of the Scarlet Sails residential complex in Moscow, killing Armen Sarkisyan, the head of the boxing federation in Russian-occupied Donetsk and founder of a pro-Russia battalion fighting in Ukraine. His bodyguard was also killed instantly. Sarkisyan was wanted in Ukraine for alleged war crimes. No group has claimed responsibility for the blast, which Russian security services described as a targeted assassination.
The bomb detonated just as a man with bodyguards entered the lobby of the Scarlet Sails residential complex on the banks of the Moscow River on Monday, Russian media reported.
No group has claimed responsibility for the blast, which Russian security services described as a targeted assassination.Photograph: Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters He gained further attention in Russia as the founder of the “Arbat” battalion, one of many irregular Russian military units that have fought alongside the Russian army since Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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