Experts are sceptical Ukraine and the domestic opposition were behind the bombing death of Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky and say there are others with potential motives — including factions within the Russian establishment.
"It's possible, but if so, that's a big step up in sophistication," he said.
"It's certainly the case that the Russian government would be keen to go after those who it sees as being hostile to the war, someone with links to peace movements in Russia would probably give you a fairly good indication of who the regime wants to target, regardless of who might be responsible." Interest in Tatarsky, whose real name is Maksim Fonin, has focused on his role as a military blogger who was openly critical of the Russian army and repeatedly called for an escalation of force in Ukraine.
"He was a fairly prominent blogger and from memory was on stage with Putin to receive the handover of Donbas, so he was an important figure," he said.
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