In this file photograph taken on February 21, 2017 Russian writer Zakhar Prilepin gives a press conference to present his new book 'Platoon. Officers and rebels of Russian Literature' in Moscow. AFP PHOTO
Moscow, Russia: A car explosion wounded pro-Kremlin writer Zakhar Prilepin on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) and killed one other person, officials said, the latest in a string of attacks that Russia has blamed on Ukraine.