The blast appeared to be similar to previous attacks on Russians linked to Moscow’s military offensive in Ukraine.
An explosive device ripped through a parked car near Moscow on Friday killing a senior Russian general, the Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes said, adding it had launched a murder probe.
Authorities identified the victim as General-lieutenant Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy head of the main operational directorate of the military’s General Staff.
Investigators said they had opened a probe into murder and smuggling explosives after the Volkswagen Golf blew up outside a block of flats in the town of Balashikha, east of Moscow.
Images from the scene posted on social media showed a blaze that gutted a car. The deadly attack comes four months after another Russian general was killed along with his deputy in an explosion in Moscow.
The Agentstvo investigative news site, citing leaked information, said Moskalik lived in Balashikha, but the Volkswagen was not registered to him.
