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Russian court jails woman for 27 years over killing of pro-Kremlin blogger

Darya Trepova was charged with 'terrorism' for the 2023 killing of Russian military blogger, Vladlen Tatarsky [File: Dmitri Lovetsky/AP]

A Russian court has sentenced antiwar activist Darya Trepova to 27 years in prison for killing a prominent ultra-nationalist blogger in an attack that Moscow said was orchestrated by Ukraine.

In April last year, Vladlen Tatarsky was killed in a St Petersburg cafe after Trepova gave him a miniature statue rigged with explosives. As he accepted the gift, the outspoken commentator was killed on the spot.

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