he, his real name was a maxime foreman. he was, he's in dun eskoville. it's actually in dumbass, but it's done. it's sitting at, you know, this is 2014 in the port post my down period. since that he would have had a unique knowledge of the fighting, and that would have given him a huge when the special military operation began again a much larger following. and we're actually starting to get some, some friends. we can have a look at one of those here. first hours, flatland petoskey was a model of a russian fighter. everything as it is. and for that he was respected by everyone, is incorrectly about what bothered him as a real russian soldier. this person was really covered, everything will carry on being in a huge access and a massive following. he had a massive source of information for people who are following the conflict in ukraine, which is really big and associations as, as well. i think you know, it popular this mom was particularly in dumbass as you say, the authenticity turned there can speak fluently on it knows the region, people would want to

petersburg bloodline to tar ski, whose real name was maxim foreman, was a member of a blogging group known as siber front z, which had tied out the cafe to host an event. witnesses say the ball was hidden in a statuette. he was then presented with 25 people were also injured in this attack . out there his door said, you buyer reports on this now from moscow. this was the moment security cameras captured the attack at the busy street. food bar number one cafe, in the heart of saint petersburg on sunday. the explosion killed 40 year old military blogger, rosalind petoskey, who was delivering the speech of the event organized by the cyber front, that movement and association of people with key to out it use the whole talks at this cafe every week. over a 100 people were in and around this event, the time of the attack, the dog mass native was given the statue of himself as a gift, moments before the blast. according to the mayor of saint petersburg, all the cities emergency services have been called to deal with the incident. loveland to starsky launched his own social media channels to

time bloggers, the 40 year olds, really most maxim foreman. it was originally from don back and forth in the early stages of the conflict there in the loop gowns, people's militia. the of experience led to him becoming all of the most followed war journalists before his death. amassing an audience of over half a 1000000 people in the telegram platform, our t's double quarter breaks down. know how last weekend's events unfolded on a sunday evening like any other russian war correspondent, blood lend to tar ski was hosting an event centered around war zone. journalism here at this cafe, it was open admission. anyone could have attended, and a starsky told his audience of his stories of war. around 6 15 pm. his life came to a sudden end after an explosion reduce the cafes interior to rubble. ah. the chest lucas, the switches to a terrorist attack has just happened yet. while vlad lend to tar ski was speaking. there was an explosion in the bar. it seems that our speaker got up. according to eye witnesses, the explosion came from a small statue tha

real name was at maxim foreman, was a member of a blogging group known as cyber front said, which had hired out the cafe for an event. witnesses a, the bomb was hidden in a statuette he was presented with 25 people are being treated for injuries. originally from easton, ukraine to tarkey, was a high profile supporter of the law. your secretary say antony blinkin has spoken to his russian counterparts, her gloves on the phone to demand the immediate release of an american journalist as an gosh of its as a correspondent with the wall street journal. he was detained by russian security agents on wednesday, on espionage allegations. israel's cabinet approve, major budget cuts across all ministries to fund a new national guard demanded by the far right. security minister to my bank via by mister benjamin netanyahu agreed to the new armed units have been given, would support him in pausing his, that controversial judicial overhaul. fine. so the force will answer directly to bend. clear who says it will focus on arab on rest, opposition. he, they are, le, pete has criticized cost to health e

and now these sorts of attacks looking at what's happened to not only maxime foreman, but as we spoke about early, also da da da geena. are they impact thing? the sort of blogosphere will people will circulate, believed that they are threatened, and they're those who are involved that diverse will be better than that. that's a fact. but that number of activists low, there's a lot of them, but they're not be really silent. their son majority of this attack is brian, do the, we've bitter feelings, but the lead a relationship between the ukrainian nation and the russian nation are so bad and another kind or attack or just so it defies. this is a standoff between these 2 former we brother we nations no, i let me just bear with me for a minute. let me just update viewers who are joining us and bring you up to speed of what's been happening. what we've been talking about, an explosion at the cafe in saint petersburg in russia. and we've been told, at least one person has been killed. that person has been identified as maxime from in a popular blogger, seen as supportive of what authority is

the 40 year olds, real name was maxime foreman, and he himself was from the dumbass he, forth in the early stages of the conflict from 2014 to 2017. in the old guns people's militia, as the experienced lead to him becoming one of the most followed war correspondence with an audience of over half a 1000000 people. will elliot we intelligence officer, scott ritter. he says the ukrainian mid of 40 it's kill list is a major threat to any one with a pro russian stance on the western countries are ignoring it. we don't know if the that the assassination of mr. foreman was done by a mere torrance, was it done by some sort of radicalized wing of them? the volunteer group whom the investigation is on going up at the bottom line is for some time now. hundreds of journalists have been marked for death by the ukrainian regime. we know of to recently a mr. kena. now mr. foam and a who have been killed. and you know, there are americans on this. i've been listed as number one on the ukrainian, the center for countering disinformation list of cro. russian propaganda signed by war criminal and infor

petersburg blood, linda starsky, whose real name was maxim foreman was originally from easton ukraine, and was a high profile supporter of the war 25 people also being treated for injuries. those. the jabari has the details for moscow. we understand that the investigation committee has opened a murder case since this incident that took place a few hours ago in st. petersburg in a very busy and popular area of the city known as the university banquets where this 40 year old blogger was speaking at an organized event. this is a weekly event that a group of what they called themselves patriot organize. and this blogger was invited guests, we saw footage of him being given a gift. it was that bus. statue of himself and initial reports indicate that the explosives could have possibly been inside that this a gives you a secretary of saying, anthony blanket has spoken to his russian counterpart survey le room on the phone to demand the media release of an american journalist. evan gusher, that is a corresponding with the wall street journal. he was detained by russian security agents on wedn

actually maxime, a foreman, if 40 years old. and he hails from a place called mac eve cur, in ad dumbass. it's a, it's, it's, it's a smaller town than done. it's a city, but it's, it's adjoining it. it's essentially a conservation of $22.00 towns. so he would have grown up in a don at skin, the don bass a he fought during the initial stages of this conflict between 20142017 in the dumbass, who hands malicious. so he would have had a 1st hand knowledge of at the conflict air. he would have been essentially a local, a man who would have had significant contacts and access to the front lines, which i think would have fed into his huge following. and he was a prominent blogger, and, and a journalist that you say over 560000 a followers on the telegram platform. and anyone who uses telegram as, as millions now due to access 1st hand information, they would tell you that the 560000 followers is a significant following or are on telegram. was our cross live your radio host and political commentator, steve gill. good morning steve. what

investigation still ongoing, clear talk to us about the man who was a targeted with this assassination maxim foreman. yeah. maxine foreman, known by his blog name of legend, tatar ski, which comes from a sort of post modern russian novel by living called generation p inspired by that he was part of a cohort of russian military bloggers. who really you can see him then one of his videos offered a less censored, more raw view of what was happening on the russian side of the front line, then certainly we get from the russian ministry of defense and other official sources he was actually born in ukraine. fought from 2014 on the side of russian backed separatists. in the don west and then switched over to becoming a blogger set up his channel in 2019 and a massive really big following more than half a million people he moved in ultranationalist circles, interestingly, has been photographed with daria dugan, who was assassinated in a car bomb in august. the daughter of an ultranationalist ally of president putin, so an interesting character has in the past. been critical of how the special military operat

real name was maxim foreman.litary bloggers like him have become extremely influential since russia's full on invasion of ukraine. starsky was a staunch supporter of the war but sometimes critical of russia's military leadership, which he felt was not effective enough. we will beat everyone, we will kill everyone. we will rob everyone who needs to be robbed. everything will be the way we love god is with us, he said. inside the kremlin after russia annexed for ukrainian regions last year. saint petersburg cafe that was blown up, was once affiliated with the head of the vagner private military company, the spearhead of russia's efforts to take mahmoud in eastern ukraine. wagner boss yevgeny production even commemorating the bloggers , death grad school administrators behind me is the bomb mood city administrative building, he says. this is a russian flag, it says on the flag in good memory of latin and tatar ski. but russia's pro war establishment fields it's under attack, starsky was acquainted with hard line pol