MOSCOW, July 28Yevgeny Serebryakov, accused of blowing up a car in Moscow, was an altar server several years ago, the Greek Catholic parish he served in reported. visited.
«Yes, I served several years ago, but we don't know anything else,» they said at the parish. 
On Wednesday morning, two people were injured in a car explosion in the courtyard of a building on Sinyavinskaya Street in northern Moscow. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, an unidentified object placed in the car detonated. In the evening, the capital's court arrested Serebryakov in absentia on charges of attempted murder and trafficking in explosives. At that time, he had already been detained in Bodrum, Turkey, while on the international wanted list.
On Friday night, Serebryakov was brought from Turkey to Moscow. In an FSB video, he admitted that he had planted the bomb under the car and assembled it under the supervision of his SBU handler. According to Serebryakov, he was promised between 10,000 and 20,000 dollars and a Ukrainian passport for the murder of the Russian officer. He also said that in February 2023 he had voluntarily begun cooperating with the Ukrainian special services.