#Wagner Group financier Yevgeny #Prigozhin’s demonstrative response to the assassination of #Russian milblogger Maxim #Fomin (Vladlen Tatarsky) indicates Prigozhin likely believes that the attack was in part directed at himself. 1/4

https://isw.pub/UkrWar040423

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/TheStudyofWar/status/1643438574459580417

#Prigozhin held an event on April 4 at the remnants of the restaurant where #Fomin was killed by an improvised explosive device on April 2. Prigozhin claimed that he arrived at the scene from the #Bakhmut frontline as quickly as he could to commemorate Fomin. 2/4

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/TheStudyofWar/status/1643438856576937985

#Prigozhin announced that he intends to expand the #Wagner-affiliated ultranationalist group that held #Fomin’s fatal event into a social movement that fights against external threats.

Prigozhin also noted that he will offer financial compensation to the event’s attendees. 3/4

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/TheStudyofWar/status/1643439056699772929

Official #Russian responses to the April 2 assassination of Russian milblogger Maksim #Fomin, aka "Vladlen Tartarsky," failed to generate a single narrative in the information space and led to disjointed responses from prominent pro-war voices.

https://isw.pub/UkrWar040323

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/TheStudyofWar/status/1643253014583558144

RUSSIA: IL BLOGGER ULTRANAZIONALISTA MAKSIM FOMIN (VLADLEN TATARSKY) UCCISO IN UN ATTENTATO A SAN PIETROBURGO https://www.radiondadurto.org/2023/04/03/russia-il-blogger-ultranazionalista-maksim-fomin-vladlen-tatarsky-ucciso-in-un-attentato-a-san-pietroburgo/ #VladlenTatarsky #sanpietroburgo #maksimfomin #Esplosione #attentato #esplosivo #attacco #Russia #bomba #fomin #News

#Fomin’s assassination at a #Wagner-affiliated bar in St. Petersburg may reveal further fractures within the #Kremlin and its inner circle. Fomin was a vocal critic of the #Russian military command and the Russian Ministry of Defense. 3/4

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/TheStudyofWar/status/1642725870904246274

#Fomin’s death marks the first high-profile assassination of an ultranationalist milblogger in #Russia since the start of Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine. 4/4

https://isw.pub/UkrWar040223

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/TheStudyofWar/status/1642726161875607552