An Audi car carrying pro-Russian writer Zakhar Prilepin was blown up in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, causing serious injuries.
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In particular, in May 2023, an Audi car carrying pro-war, anti-Ukraine writer and member of the A Just Russia party, Zakhar Prilepin, was blown up in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. He was reported to have suffered serious injuries.
Around 11 a.m. Moscow time on May 6, 2023, a blast partially destroyed a car in the Nizhny Novgorod region. In the car were Zakhar Prilepin who was injured and his driver who died in the explosion.
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