russian investigators have detained a 26 year old woman, darya trepova, in connection with the murder and the explosion in a cafe. vladlen tatarsky was killed by a bomb in st petersburg. media reports said the explosion occurred shortly after he had been given a statuette by a woman at an event in a cafe. darya trepova has previously been detained for taking part in protests against the war in ukraine. russia s security service has accused ukraine of being behind the blast, but ukrainian officials have denied this. so who is vladlen tatarsky and why might someone want to kill him? for a start, it s not actually his real name. tatarksy is actually maxim fomin an ultra nationalist with links to hard right politicians in russia. his rhetoric includes sometimes heavy criticism of russia s so called military operation in ukraine, so he may have enemies on both sides. either way he s influential with half a million followers on the social media platform telegram. in a moment we
this afternoon, asjens stoltenberg has been discussing the war in ukraine, with the big announcement from him today is that finland will join nato, formallyjoining the alliance on tuesday. that join nato, formally joining the alliance on tuesday. that helps turke in alliance on tuesday. that helps turkey in the alliance on tuesday. that helps turkey in the fight alliance on tuesday. that helps turkey in the fight against, - alliance on tuesday. that helps turkey in the fight against, for- turkey in the fight against, for instance, the pkk, which is regarded as a terrorist organisation by finland and the european union. of course, we work together to fight this type of organisation. it also helps sweden in addressing some of the organised crime that sweden is seeing taking place in its own streets. we know there is a close link between these terrorist organisations and their objectives and organised crime and drug traffic in a country like sweden. i strongly agree that we
This is bbc news. the headlines. needis need is tojoin need is to join the military alliance on tuesday. nato says finland is tojoin alliance on tuesday. nato says finland is to join the military alliance on tuesday. russian investigators detain this woman darya trepova in the hunt for the killers of a pro war blogger in a blast in st petersburg. his lawyer says he s gearing up for a battle. donald trump will fly from florida to manhattan in the next few hours to face charges over hush money payments made to a porn star. and overworked and underpaid. teachers in england reject the government s pay offer and call for further strikes. lets just ta ke lets just take you back to brussels, as nato ministers are meeting later
This is bbc news. the headlines. needis need is tojoin need is to join the military alliance on tuesday. nato says finland is tojoin alliance on tuesday. nato says finland is to join the military alliance on tuesday. russian investigators detain this woman darya trepova in the hunt for the killers of a pro war blogger in a blast in st petersburg. his lawyer says he s gearing up for a battle. donald trump will fly from florida to manhattan in the next few hours to face charges over hush money payments made to a porn star. and overworked and underpaid. teachers in england reject the government s pay offer and call for further strikes. lets just ta ke lets just take you back to brussels, as nato ministers are meeting later