The Backlash

How well-known supporters of aggression are no longer safe in Russia.

In St. Petersburg, unknown persons set fire to the door of pro-Kremlin blogger and Sputnik radio host Trofim Tatarenkov. He himself believes that the SSU may be behind the arson. This is not the first time that karma found the supporters of aggression located in the Russian Federation. In 2023, they were even blown up and shot, writes the We Can Explain Telegram channel.

April 2. The explosion killed “military correspondent” Vladlen Tatarsky. At a meeting with fans in Prigozhin’s cafe, he was given a statuette that exploded in his hands. Daria Trepova was detained on suspicion of murder.

May 6. A car carrying writer Zakhar Prilepin was blown up. As a result of the assassination attempt, his guard died. Prilepin himself was seriously injured and could not walk for a long time.

December 6. Politician Ilya Kiva was killed. An ex-people's deputy accused of treason was shot dead in the Moscow region, where he was hiding from justice. The killer tracked Kiva for a long time. And after the murder he left the Russian Federation.

December 18. Unidentified people filled the entrance doors of the St. Petersburg apartments of “military officers” Roman Saponkov and Dmitry Steshin with foam. Police detained two teenagers on suspicion.

Whole year. Threats were received by the “military correspondents”: Alexander Kots, Valentin Trushnin, Vladislav Shurygin. Drones regularly fell near the house of propagandist Margarita Simonyan.

In the Russian Federation, Viktor Yanukovych, Viktor Medvedchuk, Vitaly Zakharchenko, Vladimir Saldo, Sergei Aksenov are hiding from justice. Which one of them could be next?

“None of them are absolutely safe, because they are traitors, enemies and criminals. If we are talking about the possibility of eliminating Aksenov, this is a much more interesting option than spending resources on Saldo. But if Saldo’s security is less professional and numerous, then for a change you can focus on eliminating this character,” Ukrainian political scientist Oleksandr Kovalenko told We Can Explain.