A Russian woman who killed a Kremlin propagandist in a bomb attack told FSB thugs interrogating her after she was arrested that she thought she was auditioning for a job in journalism in Ukraine, Russian media have claimed.
Daria Trepova, 26, reportedly believed she was on a ‘propaganda resistance’ test for a Ukrainian media outlet when she handed pro-Putin blogger Vladlen Tatarsky a small statue laced with explosives that blew him to pieces, Russian news outlet Fontanka reported.
Fontanka cited leaked transcripts of Trepova’s interrogation by Russian FSB security officials.
Trepova has since been charged with committing ‘a terrorist act by an organised group that caused intentional death’. Following the blast, she was detained by police and escorted to Moscow from St Petersburg under armed guard.
On Tuesday, Trepova was hauled into a closed-door hearing at a Russian court and ordered to remain in custody for two months pending an investigation. She could face up to 20 years in…
