Russian propagandists blame security forces, feminists, and each other for death of pro-war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky

For example, the former “LPR” fighter and current author of the Telegram channel Moscow Calling Andrei Kurshin should be “taken care of,” according to Medvedev, due to his criticism of the army and the authorities.

“We have bloggers who write about how ugly our army and our country are on a daily basis. One such citizen blogger has state secret clearance, by the way. And? No big deal. Nothing, he's got [nothing] to worry about,” the propagandist wrote. Pro-war channel Povernutiye na Z-voyne (“Z-war obsessed”) also blamed the security forces and Kurshin for the explosion in St. Petersburg.

“Just so you understand who Andrei Kurshin is. He’s the author of the Telegram channel cited in the screenshots, who lives in Moscow. He constantly accuses the Russian army of war crimes on his channel, calls for the overthrow of the government and so on. [...] Our law enforcement agencies do not care at all about the activities of this citizen. With such a negligent attitude of the police and the FSB to their direct responsibilities, it’s no wonder that Ukraine’s HUR [military intelligence service – The Insider] easily organizes terrorist attacks in St. Petersburg.”

Russian pro-war channels also criticized Moscow-based blogger Andrei Morozov, who authors the Fighting Cat Murz (“Boitsovy Kot Murz”) blog on LiveJournal. Morozov has served in the so-called “Luhansk People’s Republic militia” (14th Territorial Defense Battalion “Prizrak” (“Ghost”)) since 2014, where he maintains drones and communications systems.

The blogger wrote that he regretted the death of Vladlen Tatarsky, as he wanted to “firmly shake his throat” [strangle him – The Insider] for his words about the destruction of Morozov's battalion due to the lack of battlefield communications. Morozov added that Tatarsky’s claim was a lie and the battalion did have comms, calling Tatarsky a “media prostitute” who says what the “buyer” wants. According to Morozov, Tatarsky was last “bought” by the Wagner PMC.

“Tatarsky was not 'on our side,' he was on his [own] side, he was a common mercenary, a de facto media prostitute. Had to for his career - fraternized with the ukrops [derogatory Russian slang term used to refer to Ukrainians – The Insider] on TV, while there was a fierce ‘truce’ going on here, if he thought it would help his career, he’d yell: ‘Ukrops are f*ggots!’ If he had to (somewhat earlier, during the period of his “ascent to glory”), he’d be the «favorite wife» of the media of LPR’s 2nd Army Corps, telling them how great everything was. Hired by private companies, he began to tell them how everything in the People's Militia sucks, so go and freelance, you know.”

In response, Morozov received threats from the pro-war channel Starshe Eddy, which called the blogger a “fat dumb prostitute with a tail” and promised to “make him pay.” The post was later deleted.