The ‘ordinary’ woman accused of assassinating a Russian commander in Crimea

The Guardian UK Sunday 23 August 2026, 04:00 UTC By Pjotr Sauer 1 min read

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Friends close to Margarita Reutt are shocked she could allegedly plant bomb that killed Ukrainian defector Robert Shageev, while others recall a stubborn grit to see any plan throughIt was just after dawn in Sevastopol when a powerful explosion tore through a quiet square in a residential district of the Russian-occupied Crimean port city. Hidden inside a rubbish bin, a bomb containing the equivalent of about 500g of TNT detonated on 13 August as Robert Shageev, the deputy commander of a...

Friends close to Margarita Reutt are shocked she could allegedly plant bomb that killed Ukrainian defector Robert Shageev, while others recall a stubborn grit to see any plan through

It was just after dawn in Sevastopol when a powerful explosion tore through a quiet square in a residential district of the Russian-occupied Crimean port city.

Hidden inside a rubbish bin, a bomb containing the equivalent of about 500g of TNT detonated on 13 August as Robert Shageev, the deputy commander of a Russian Black Sea fleet submarine brigade, walked past in naval uniform. He was killed on the spot.

Russian (ORG) Crimea (LOCATION) Margarita Reutt (ORG) Ukrainian (ORG) Robert Shageev (PERSON) Sevastopol (LOCATION) Crimean (ORG) TNT (ORG) Black Sea (LOCATION)

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