A blast in a Moscow residential block on Monday killed one person and injured four others, with the wounded in critical condition. The cause of the explosion is unclear, but law enforcement has launched a criminal investigation, charging murder and attempted murder. Among the injured was Armen Sarkisyan, founder of a volunteer battalion fighting in Ukraine, whose bodyguard died in the blast. Sarkisyan is wanted in Ukraine, though details of the charges remain unspecified.
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