Moscow Restaurant Blast Kills 5, Including Russian Aerospace Chief's Son-in-Law

Q: Who was the mysterious woman that delivered the deadly 'gift' to the Russian commander's birthday party in Moscow?

She has not been publicly identified. Russian authorities and major media reports have described her only as an unidentified woman or courier who arrived at Moscow’s Balzi Rossi restaurant carrying a box presented as a “gift” for the private event believed to be Gen. Aleksandr Chayko’s birthday party. What is known is limited. According to Russian state media, Kommersant, CNN and other reports cited in the coverage, she was stopped by a security guard at the entrance because the package looked suspicious. The device then exploded, killing her along with the guard and other victims. Investigators reportedly believe the bomb was remotely triggered. Several reports say she may not have known she was carrying an explosive device. Kommersant and other outlets suggested she was likely used as an unwitting courier rather than an intentional suicide bomber. The bomb was described as an improvised explosive device packed with metal ball bearings, with a force roughly equivalent to 1 kilogram of TNT. So, despite intense speculation about the target and guest list, the “mysterious woman” remains officially unnamed and unidentified in public reporting as of now.

3 articles · Updated · Kyiv Independent · Aug 5

Daniil Perediry, the son-in-law of Russia’s Aerospace Forces commander Oleksandr Chaiko, was identified by independent journalists as among the five people killed in the Aug. 1 blast at Moscow’s Balzi Rossi restaurant.
Agentstvo tied his death to Russian registry records showing his sole proprietorship was terminated on Aug. 1, while another database showed one of his personal documents expired that day.
Chaiko was the apparent target, a source told the Kyiv Independent, and his daughter Maria—Perediry’s wife—was also believed injured; the explosion wounded 21 others.
A security guard reportedly intercepted a woman carrying a box described as a gift, and the device detonated remotely during inspection at a private event attended by people linked to Russian security services.
Russian officials called the bombing a terrorist attack without naming the intended target, and the incident came days after an attack on a Ukrainian brigade commander that President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed to answer.