A car bomb in Moscow has seriously injured journalist Sergey Zavorotny, a former press secretary to ex-Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.

Axar.az reports, citing Russian media, that the explosion occurred on the morning of November 13 in the Chertanovo district of Moscow, apparently after an explosive device planted under a Toyota SUV detonated.

Zavorotny, 72, had driven about 200 metres along Kirovogradskaya Street before the explosion.

He suffered a brain contusion, broken ribs, an open leg fracture and lost his left arm. He was taken to hospital. No other casualties have been reported.