Injured in a bomb attack the Russian nationalist writer and politician Zakhar Prilepin

Russian nationalist writer and co-chairman of the center-left A Just Russia-For Truth party Zahar Prilepin was injured when a bomb planted in his vehicle exploded this Saturday near the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod, killing his driver. , as reported by the Russian news agency TASS.

Representatives of the writer and politician have confirmed that Prilepin is hospitalized with a leg injury with "minor fractures". He is conscious and his life is not in danger.

According to the initial information that the Police is considering, the explosive device was a sticky bomb placed under the car, an Audi Q7. The deceased has been identified as Alexander Shubin, a member of the Oplot battalion of the Russian National Guard.

Police officers from the Nizhny Novgorod region have so far detained an individual on suspicion of being involved in the car explosion, as reported by the official representative of the Russian Interior Ministry, Irina Volk, to the TASS agency.

This individual, security sources add on condition of anonymity, was sighted in the town of Pionerski, where the attack occurred.

Prilepin is co-chair of A Just Russia-For Truth, a coalition that has emerged from the merger of several Russian centre-left and centre-left parties. He was also a member of the now-outlawed Russian National Bolshevik Party and the anti-Putin coalition The Other Russia.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation described the attempt on the life of the writer as a terrorist act while the spokeswoman for Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, has pointed directly to the United States and Ukraine for the incident.

"The fact has come true. Washington and NATO have fed another international terrorist cell: the Kiev regime. First it was Al Qaeda, then Islamic State and now the thugs of (Russian President Volodimir) Zelensky. It is the responsibility of United States and United Kingdom. We pray for Zajar," he said.

It should be remembered that, since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Daria Dugina, daughter of nationalist ideologue Alexander Dugin, and military blogger Vladlen Tatarski have been killed in attacks in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, respectively.