Watch: Russian military blogger handed statue moments before cafe explosion

A video shared on social media shows the moment a well-known Russian blogger was handed a statue that reportedly killed him.

Military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, real name Maxim Fomin, was attending an event at the Street Bar cafe in St Petersburg when he was killed in a explosion, while 16 others attendees were injured.

According to Interior Ministry sources, quoted by Russian state media, a woman presented the blogger with a statue which contained a bomb.

Tatarsky had more than 560,000 followers on Telegram and was often running a commentary on Russia's war in Ukraine.