Russia: Head of Paramilitary Organization Dead From Moscow Bomb Attack – Armen Sarkissian’s ‘Profile’ · Global Voices

New information comes to light about the attack on , from which Armen Sarkisian, leader of a pro-Russian paramilitary organization from eastern Ukraine was killed. According to what the state news agency TASS and other media broadcast in Russia, the well-known Ukrainian separatist was killed today (03.02.2025) when a bomb exploded in the reception area of a luxury apartment building in Moscow, with the authorities DIVERSE The bomb was detonated as Armen Sarkissian, accompanied by his bodyguards, entered the ground floor of the complex “Allye Parusa” on the banks of the Moskwa River, 12 km from Kremlin, according to Russian media. A bodyguard was killed and three more were injured, according to the Kommersant newspaper, while the TASS described the bombing as a well-planned murder. “The assassination attempt against Sarkissian was carefully planned and carried out on orders. Researchers are currently identifying those who have ordered the crime,” said an official of law enforcement forces, according to the TASS. CORVERSE Baza, a Telegram channel with contacts with Russian intelligence, released videos showing serious disasters in the Alye Parusa building complex, where the explosion occurred. Someone just blew up several people at the elite resident complex “Scarlet Sails” in Moscow with an IED. — Kvist (@kvistp) Reuters journalists at the scene saw broken windows and a helicopter apparently carrying the wounded amid a strong police presence. Armen Sarkisian’s “profile” In December, the Ukrainian SBU security service described Sarkissian as “the chief of crime” in the Donetsk district, much of which has been controlled by Moscow since 2014, and for which there were official suspicions that he was involved and helped “illegal armed organisations”. He said he had recommended a pro-Russian paramilitary formation, involving local convicted militants and that he had organized procurement markets for front units. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina Mediazona, an independent Russian instrument covering issues relating to law enforcement, said Armenian-born Sarkissian had long been among the leaders of organised crime in the city of Horivka in the district of Donetsk. In 2022, according to Mediazona, he recommended a pro-Russian paramilitary organization, which consisted mainly of compatriots of Armenian descent to fight against the forces of Kiev. In December, Ukraine took responsibility for the murder of Russian General Igor Kirilov in a bomb explosion outside a Moscow residential complex. There was no immediate comment from Kiev about today’s explosion.