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| Trepova testifies why she carried out orders from Ukrainian curators |
| 2024-01-17 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Daria Trepova, accused of committing a terrorist attack, on January 16, during interrogation at the First Western District Military Court in St. Petersburg, said that she carried out orders from Ukrainian curators in the hope of leaving for Ukraine. The curators of the Russian woman were Ukrainian journalist Roman Popkov (a person included in the list of terrorists and extremists) and his friend nicknamed Gestalt. “I knew Popkov for a long time, I subscribed to him on social networks in the spring of 2022, and so did he. I was worried about the SVO, I sympathized with the Ukrainians, on a wave of emotions I wrote to him about whether there was an opportunity to go as a volunteer to Ukraine, he replied that he would think about it,” said Trepova, whose words were reported by RIA Novosti. According to her, six months later Popkov wrote that he was ready to help with the move. After that, he began to give small assignments. So, he asked to buy unregistered SIM cards, transferred money for it, and later introduced him to a friend under the nickname Gestalt. Trepova does not know his real name, but it was he who sent her a parcel with a bust of Vladlen Tatarsky. As reported by IA Regnum, on April 2, 2023, an explosion occurred in a cafe on Universitetskaya Embankment in St. Petersburg during Tatarsky’s creative evening. Before the start of the event, Trepova presented the military correspondent with a figurine as a gift, which, as it turned out, contained explosives. Tatarsky died. The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case for murder, later the article was changed to a terrorist attack, and Trepova was arrested. As investigators established, her actions were led by Popkov and another citizen of Ukraine, Yuri Denisov. According to investigators, in February 2023 it was he who arrived in Russia and gave Trepova that very figurine. Later it became known that Ukrainian curators were monitoring her using a regular car GPS tracker placed in the figurine. |
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