Pro-Kremlin novelist injured as car explodes in Russia

Zakhar Prilepin (Alamy/PA)

The car of a prominent pro-Kremlin novelist has exploded in Russia, injuring him and killing his driver, state news agency Tass reported, citing emergency officials.

The incident involving Zakhar Prilepin, a well-known nationalist writer and a supporter of what the Kremlin calls its “special military operation” in Ukraine, happened in Nizhny Novgorod, about 250 miles east of Moscow.