Russian investigators on May 8 charged a man suspected of carrying out a car bombing that wounded a prominent Russian nationalist writer with terrorist offenses. The writer, Zakhar Prilepin, an ardent supporter of Russia's military campaign in Ukraine, broke both legs in the May 6 attack. His close associate, who was in the car with him, was killed. Aleksandr Permyakov was charged with committing a terrorist act and illegally handling explosives, the Prosecutor General's Office said in a statement. A court in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region remanded him in custody for two months.
Suspect In Car Bomb Attack On Russian Nationalist Writer Charged With Terrorism
The site where the car of writer Zakhar Prilepin was blown up near the village of Pionersky, Russia, on May 6.