2024-01-17 08:00:27
The trial of the cafe bombing in St. Petersburg, Russia, began. The female suspect cried in court and defended herself, saying that she thought the explosive was just a listening device and did not expect to be “framed” by Ukraine.
In April 2023, the well-known Russian military blogger Vladian Tatarsky (Владлен Татарский) was killed by a small statue equipped with an improvised explosive device while holding an event in a coffee shop in St. Petersburg. The explosion also caused At least 30 people were injured. The Russian woman who delivered the statue, Dalia Trebova (Дарья Трепова), was soon wanted and arrested.
Daria Trebova.
According to reports from TASS and Archyde.com on the 16th, the Russian Military Court recently held a hearing on the case. On Tuesday local time, Trebova sobbed in court and claimed that she was deceived by a Ukrainian man who planned the incident. At that time, she thought that the sculpture she was asked to give to Tatarsky contained a listening device, not a listening device. bomb.
According to the TASS news agency, 26-year-old Trebova testified in St. Petersburg on Tuesday that she met an alleged “Ukrainian journalist” named Roman Popkov (Романа) on social media. Попкова), the two are close friends with each other.
She said that after Russia launched a “special military operation” against Ukraine in 2022, she told Popkov that she opposed Russia’s “invasion”, sympathized with Ukraine, and hoped that Popkov could help her go to Ukraine as a volunteer Provide humanitarian assistance.
According to Trebova, Popkov wrote back six months later and asked her if she was still willing to move to Ukraine. After receiving a positive answer, Popkov invited Trebova to become his “agent” and asked her to attend a meeting of the Russian cyber group “Cyber Front Z”. He needed to understand “what is happening among the patriotic groups in Russian society” What?” This group is the manager of the cafe where the explosion occurred. At the same time, Popkov also asked Trebova to buy a new SIM card for “more secure” communication with him.
In November, Popkov introduced Trebova to another Ukrainian man, codenamed “Gestalt” (German for “shape”), who was supposed to handle Trebova’s move to Ukraine. matters. In the months after the bombing, Gestalt had been sending money and assigning tasks to Trebova, most of which were related to Tatarsky. During this period, she received a total of 190,000 rubles worth (approximately Crypto Bitcoin of RMB 15,504 yuan).
Trebova said that under the instructions of “Gestalt”, she began to approach Tatarsky in early 2023, attended his lectures, and claimed to be an art student. In March, Gestalt sent Trebova a statue of Tatarsky and asked her to give it to Tatarsky in person.
Tatarsky.
The statue was supposed to be handed over to Tatarsky on March 8, but Trebova said she was shocked by its size. Reminiscent of the death of Dukina, the daughter of the Russian philosopher Dugin, in the explosion, she worried that there was a bomb in the statue.
She asked “Gestalt” if they wanted to kill Tatarsky like they did Dukina, but the other party replied that the statue was just a listening device and a GPS tracking locator.
A golden bust of Tatarsky with an explosive device.Video screenshot
So, on April 2, Trebova gave the statue to Tatarsky at a fan meeting held in a cafe in the name of a gift. When the latter was joking and playing around with it, the explosion suddenly occurred.
The scene of the explosion.
According to Archyde.com, Trebova argued in court that she did not expect that she would be “framed” by the other party. She originally thought that the purpose of the wiretapping was to learn more about Tatarsky’s information about the war in Ukraine.
She said that after the explosion, she called and questioned “Gestalt” on the phone, constantly cursing. “And he said: ‘You can hit me when you come to Ukraine,’ and that made me very angry,” Trepova said with tears streaming down her face.
TASS reported that since November 15 last year, the Russian Military Court has held hearings in St. Petersburg to hear Trebova’s criminal case. The court plans to review the defense evidence from January 15th to January 18th, and start arguments between the two sides on the 19th.
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A CBS/YouGov poll found former President Trump, former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis In head-to-head matchups, both are ahead of Biden. Although Trump’s approval rating is significantly ahead of other candidates within the Republican Party, his advantage over Biden is the smallest, and Haley performed best against Biden.
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However, according to this latest poll, Trump still maintains a huge advantage in the Republican primary, leading the second place by 55 percentage points. Trump’s approval rating is 69%, DeSantis’s 14%, and Haley’s 12%.
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