Feminist, vegan, anti-war activist. Student at the School of Fine Arts, specialist in vintage clothing. Suspected in the murder of military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky (born Maxim Fomin), suspected of fleeing the country, suspected of receiving assistance from Kyiv.

Moreover, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov hinted that Ukraine was behind the attack. The same was meant by the Russian anti-terrorist service.

Daria Trepova, a 26-year-old Russian woman arrested by Russian authorities on charges of “terrorism,” does not appear to have clear ties to any dissident group in Russia. Her husband, Dmitry Rylov, says she was the victim of a prank, while she reportedly admits she was simply the “carrier” of a bomb in a St. Petersburg cafe statue that killed Tatarsky and wounded 32 people, including 10 in critical condition.

When asked whose orders he followed, Russian sources say he would tell about it in his second year.

So far, she is reportedly confessing her act in a video released by the Russian Foreign Ministry.

It is interesting from the revealed information that the cafe where the attack took place belongs to the head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the cafe in which, according to Meduza, meetings of the Z cyberattack took place. a grouping took place, which got its name, apparently, from a well-known letter that accompanied Russian troops in Ukraine.

And Russian authorities are nonetheless looking for ways to clear up Darya Trepova’s past, as her mother and sister were reportedly taken in for questioning. According to Russian reports, Trepova’s mother said she saw her daughter on Sunday afternoon, shortly before the explosion, but did not notice anything unusual about her behavior.

The Russian Base reports that Trepova is known in St. Petersburg feminist circles under the pseudonym “Dasha Tykovka”, which she also used on Twitter, but today, Tuesday, April 4, this account is no longer on the platform.

According to the human rights group OVD-Info, Daria Trepova and Dmitry Rylov were detained by police at an anti-war rally on February 24, 2022. Then Trepova was detained for 10 days. Her husband, Dmitry Rylov, is allegedly a member of the Liberal Party, but is wanted by the authorities as he is reportedly in exile by Russian media.

Meduza spoke to two of Trepova’s friends, who said Daria was against the war. However, this was not accompanied by radical views that would justify the bombing. According to the same sources, Trepova’s marriage was a “joke”. “I know that he had a wife, but as far as I know, the marriage was a joke, they did not keep in touch. At least she hasn’t mentioned him in the past six months, ”a close person quotes her.

In fact, an anonymous Telegram channel of the VChK-OGPU, associated with law enforcement agencies, published excerpts from the correspondence between Daria Trepova and her boyfriend. It is alleged that after the explosion, he wrote in a secret chat: “I could have died there, it would be better if I died there, I was set up.”

In fact, when insistently asked by the authorities if she knew what she was about to deliver was a bomb, she allegedly replied: “They didn’t tell me specifically, but I suspected something bad.”

This is reported by a source in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. According to Meduza, the police do not exclude that the 26-year-old woman was just a “vehicle” and could not have known that a bomb was planted in the figurine. Other sources claim that Darya Trepova corresponded with the murdered Tatarsky in the past and attended his events.

The Russian newspaper Izvestia, cited by RIA Novosti, reports that Trepova received a package of explosives from Moscow. “A parcel for Trepova was delivered to St. Petersburg from Moscow. It was sent to the capital from abroad. Unknown people called her and handed over the package. According to the report, when the suspect left the cafeteria where the explosion took place, she headed towards the river. Colleagues called her there and told her to “get out of there,” the same publication notes.

Other information published on Telegram channels, however, requires Trepova to cooperate with Ukrainian journalists.

While Darya Trepova was arrested in St. Petersburg, her case was transferred to Moscow, where the country’s leading investigative services are headquartered, reflecting a high priority for the Russian authorities. Russian law provides for life imprisonment for terrorist offences.