Moscow bomb kills pro-Russia paramilitary leader
Armen Sarkisyan, founder of battalion fighting against Ukraine, dies after blast that also killed bodyguard
A bomb exploded in the lobby of a luxury apartment block in Moscow, killing a pro-Russia paramilitary leader from eastern Ukraine alongside his bodyguard.
The bomb detonated just as a man with bodyguards entered the lobby of the Scarlet Sails residential complex on the banks of the Moscow River on Monday, Russian media reported.
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