MOSCOW, November 13. /TASS/. The person injured in a car explosion in southern Moscow was named as Sergey Zavorotny, a former adviser to ex-Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolay Azarov, Russia’s Investigative Committee confirmed.

"The incident injured the driver, Sergey Zavorotny, a former adviser to ex-Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolay Azarov. He was taken to one of the city’s hospitals for medical treatment," the committee’s press service said in a statement.

TASS reported earlier that a car exploded on Kirovogradskaya Street in Moscow, wounding the driver, who was taken to the hospital. Law enforcement officials identified him as Sergey Zavorotny.

Investigators launched a criminal case on suspicion of attempted murder following the explosion.