“Former DNR fighter” detained as part of propagandist Prilepin’s car bombing

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According to Russian publication Moskovskij Komsomolets, he is believed to have fought on the side of the Donetsk puppet authority (DNR) against the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to their data, Permyakov was born in the city of Druzhkivka in Donetsk Oblast. Together with his sister Iryna, they grew up without a father and were raised in an orphanage.

Reportedly, Permyakov was sentenced to four years in prison for robbery committed as part of a gang when he was 15 years old. He served his sentence in a correctional facility near Bakhmut and returned to Druzhkivka after his release. In 2014, his sister moved to St. Petersburg, while Permyakov went to fight for the DNR.

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In May 2015, Permyakov crossed the border from Russia on foot, and a bayonet from an AK-47 assault rifle was found in his backpack. Permyakov is then believed to have returned to Druzhkivka, Russian media claims, where he worked in construction until 2022. He claimed to have been recruited by Ukrainian special services in 2018 in his testimony to the Russian Investigative Committee.

Moskovskij Komsomolets reports that in March 2022, Permyakov moved to Kamianets-Podilskyi in Khmelnytskyi Oblast. He reportedly told his relatives that he moved away from the war as a displaced person, and in August 2022, he arrived in Russia. Initially, he visited his sister in St. Petersburg, and then moved to Moscow, where he lived and worked until February 2023.

On February 19, Permyakov allegedly came to St. Petersburg to celebrate his mother’s birthday and told his relatives that he was moving to Nizhny Novgorod, as he couldn’t find work in Moscow. After that, he called his relatives from there and spoke about his affairs.

On May 6, Russian media and local authorities reported that a car belonging to Prilepin had exploded in a likely car bombing. While Prilepin’s press service claimed that the propagandist was “okay,” the media reported that he was heavily injured and taken to hospital in critical condition. Later, it became known that Prilepin has been put into a medically induced coma

Allegedly, the partisan movement Atesh claimed responsibility for the attempt.

Russia called the bombing of Prilepin’s car a “terrorist attack,” and later announced the detention of a suspect in the assassination attempt, who was allegedly implicated – Russia claims the “suspect” has Ukrainian citizenship and ties to Ukrainian special services.

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The Office of the President of Ukraine hinted that the Kremlin might be behind the bombing of Prilepin’s car.

Prilepin is a Russian propagandist, pro-war writer, and politician. He is a member of the Political Council of the A Just Russia (aka Fair Russia) Party. He has also held a number of positions in the Donbas occupation authorities, including as an “adviser” to the now-killed leader of the Donetsk puppet authorities, Alexander Zakharchenko, in 2015 and as a “deputy commander of a special forces battalion for personnel management” in occupied Donetsk from 2016-2018.

In January 2023, Prilepin signed a contract with the Russian National Guard and went to fight against Ukraine.

He is on the list of people who pose a threat to the national security of Ukraine.

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