[HIGHLIGHTS] The deceased driver of Prilepin's car was an employee of the Oplot battalion of the Russian Guard

Zakhar Prilepin's car was blown up in the Nizhny Novgorod region on May 6. An associate of the writer, Alexander Shubin, call sign "Angry", was killed in the explosion.

The governor of the region, Gleb Nikitin, confirmed that the writer received minor fractures as a result of the explosion of his car, there is no threat to his health. RIA Novosti reported that Prile pin's driver was killed.