Suspect in killing of Russian war blogger charged with terrorism

Darya Trepova, suspected of bringing explosives to the cafe where war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky (real name Maxim Fomin) was killed in an explosion the day before, is escorted inside the building of Russian Investigative Committee, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in this still image taken from video released on April 3, 2023. Investigative Committee of Russia/Handout via REUTERS

(Reuters) -Russian investigators on Tuesday charged Darya Trepova, a 26-year-old St Petersburg resident, with terrorist offences over the killing of pro-war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky in a bomb blast, and remanded her in pre-trial detention.

Tatarsky, a cheerleader for Russia's military campaign in Ukraine whose real name was Maxim Fomin, died on Sunday in a St Petersburg cafe where he was due to talk.