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Former adviser to Ukraine’s ex-prime minister injured in Moscow car bomb attack

A man who worked as an adviser to former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, in the government of pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych, was injured in a car bomb attack in Moscow, Russian media report.

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An explosive device detonated under an SUV in southern Moscow on Friday.

One man was reported to have been seriously injured. He has been identified as a man in his 70s who previously worked in Ukraine as an adviser to former Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, in the government of pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych.

According to the newspaper Kommersant, Russian investigators are making an early connection to Ukrainian intelligence.

On Thursday, a Russian serviceman was killed by a car bomb in St. Petersburg.

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