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A high-ranking Russian military officer died in St. Petersburg after a car bomb exploded. The Investigative Committee has launched a murder investigation. The victim was reportedly a colonel in the Air Force, serving as chief navigator. Witnesses reported that the explosive device was detonated remotely as he left a residential area. This incident marks the second similar attack on an Air Force officer in the region within three months.

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