Azarov accuses Ukrainian security services of car bomb targeting his former adviser in Moscow

Allegations of security service involvement

Former head of the Ukrainian government Mykola Azarov publicly accused Ukrainian security services of the car bombing involving a vehicle used by his former adviser, Serhiy Zavorotnyi. The incident took place in Moscow. According to Azarov, Zavorotnyi was an opponent of the Maidan and the Ukrainian authorities that came to power afterwards.

«Я можу назвати десятки прізвищ людей, політиків, яких цей режим знищив за ці роки. І це відомі люди... Чому Захід цього не бачить?» (I can name dozens of surnames of people, politicians, whom this regime has destroyed over these years. And these are well-known people... Why doesn't the West see this?) — Azarov stated.

Who is Serhiy Zavorotnyi

Serhiy Zavorotnyi served as an adviser to Mykola Azarov during the latter's tenure as Prime Minister of Ukraine from 2010 to 2013. Following the Revolution of Dignity, he moved to Russia, where he became the head of the resource "Antifashist".

In 2018, Zavorotnyi, together with Oleksiy Berdnikov, published a book titled «Янукович здав. Держдепартамент прийняв. Як Росія втратила Україну» (Yanukovych surrendered. The State Department accepted. How Russia lost Ukraine).

Before entering political life, in the 1980s and 1990s, Zavorotnyi worked as a correspondent for the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda" in Latin American countries for about ten years.

It is worth noting that Azarov's claims regarding the involvement of Ukrainian security services in the bombing are his personal assertions.