Media Reports: Car Of Azarov's Former Press Secretary Blown Up In Moscow

• 13.11.2026, 11:59

Zavorotny, who is reportedly in serious condition, was taken to the hospital.

On the morning of Friday, November 13, in Moscow, a Toyota Fortuner exploded; Sergei Zavorotny, the press secretary of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, was likely inside the vehicle.

This was reported by RBC-Ukraine citing Russian media sources.

The incident occurred on November 13 on Kirovogradskaya Street near a residential building.

According to preliminary information, a homemade explosive device had been planted under the driver’s seat and detonated a few minutes after the car left the yard.

The blast threw the driver onto the roadway.

Russian social media accounts report that Sergey Zavorotny—a Russian journalist, former employee of the Russian State Duma, and chief of staff to former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov—was injured in this morning’s explosion.

According to their reports, the man was hospitalized in serious condition. Zavorotny, a propagandist, is also the co-author of the book *Yanukovych Gave In. The State Department Accepted It. How Russia Lost Ukraine*.