Footage shows the alleged statue assassin accused of killing a Putin blogger by using a bust laden with explosives smiling while she was on the run after the blast – just hours before she was led away in handcuffs.
Daria Trepova, 26, was questioned over the assassination of Kremlin propagandist Vladlen Tatarsky, 40, in a café in St Petersburg.
Trepova’s husband still insists she was ‘framed’ for the attack, after the alleged assassin had previously claimed she had been ‘set up’ but admitted that she carried the statue laden with explosives into the café.
The newly released footage shows Trepova entering an apartment building in St. Petersburg carrying a bag over her shoulder and pulling a large suitcase.
An unnamed man – presumed to be a neighbour – held the door open for her as she dragged her luggage through the entrance. He is later seen helping her towards a lift.
Footage taken just hours before she was led away in handcuffs shows the alleged statue…