The founder of a pro-Russian group dies during explosion in Moscow

The founder of a pro-Russian group dies during explosion in Moscow

The founder of a pro -Russian militia group in the eastern Ukrainian region, which the authorities referred to in Kiev as a "criminal mastermind", died after a bomb attack in the central Moscow, report Russian state media.

Details on the death of poor Sarkisyan

poor Sarkisan succumbed to the injuries in a Moscow hospital to the injuries that he had suffered during an explosion in an upscale residential complex in the capital. The Russian investigation council later confirmed Sarkisyan's death and explained that "despite the help they had achieved, one of the victims died in a medical facility."

background and activities

Sarkisyan, who was known as the nickname "poor Gorlovsky" and dates from the eastern Ukrainian city of Horlivka, founded the separatist Arbat battalion that fights in the region. The Ukrainian military reconnaissance described him as a "well -known criminal mastermind", which in November 2022 became the "supervisor" of prisons in Russia and in the occupied areas of Ukraine.

goals of the Arbat battalion

The Ukrainian defense secret service reported that the founding of the Arbat battalion in 2022 was an attempt to influence the influence of Wagner leader Jevgenij Prigoschin to compensate for in the area of ​​private military companies in Russia. Prigoschin died in the following year when his plane crashed against the Russian leadership two months after his failed attempted coup.

participation in crucial fights

The Arbat battalion took part in several key fights in the current war in Ukraine, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) . According to the US conflict monitor, Arbat "almost completely" consisted of former Wagner employees in October 2023.

political connections and escape to Russia

Sarkisyan was an ally of the former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, who, after fatal protests in Ukraine in 2014, fell , according to the Ukrainian authorities. Sarkisyan was sought in Ukraine because of his alleged role in the violent reaction to these demonstrations against Yeah

explosion in the living complex

A resident reported that Sarkisyan left the exclusive residential complex Aliye Parusa in the northwest of Moscow on Monday morning when the explosion took place. In a press conference on Monday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov commented on the incident and said: "The security services do their work. It is a difficult task. The information is still being clarified and the work is in progress, so we cannot say anything at the moment."