A Russian general was buried in a secret funeral following a deadly bombing at a Moscow restaurant.
A major general in the Russian Ground Forces was buried in a secret funeral at Moscow’s Troekurovskoye Cemetery on Wednesday. The burial occurred following a deadly bombing at the Balzi Rossi restaurant on August 1, which killed five people and injured 19. While the Kremlin has not officially confirmed the identity of the general, reports suggest he was a friend of Alexander Chayko, the Aerospace Forces Commander-in-Chief, who was celebrating his 55th birthday at the restaurant during the blast. Russian authorities have blamed Ukraine for the attack, which was caused by a homemade explosive device brought into the restaurant by an unidentified woman. The explosion occurred while Alexander Chayko was celebrating his birthday, and his son-in-law, Daniil Peredriy, was allegedly killed by the blast. The Russian Foreign Ministry has attributed the blame to
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Secret funeral reportedly held in Moscow for unnamed major general. He may have died in an assassination attempt on Russian Aerospace Forces chief Alexander Chayko.
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