Russia’s Investigative Committee, which ​handles serious crimes, ‌said on Friday (November 13, 2026) that ​it had opened ⁠an investigation into the explosion of a car ‌in Moscow that Russian media reported ‌belonged to ‌an ⁠exiled Ukrainian political aide.

Russian ⁠media reported the car belonged to Sergei Zavorotniy, a ​onetime ‌spokesman for former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, who has been ‌living in Russia ​since fleeing Ukraine amid anti-government protests ⁠in 2014.

Russian newspaper Kommersant reported that Zavorotniy ‌was hospitalised.

It is the latest in a series of apparent assassination attempts inside Russia. On Thursday (November 12), ‌a member of the ​Russian military was killed after the ⁠car he was driving ⁠was blown up in St Petersburg, ‌investigators said.