Russian Daria Dugina, daughter of Alexander Dugin, who is considered one of President Vladimir Putin’s gurus, died Saturday night (20) when his car exploded on the outskirts of Moscow. The information was released this Sunday (21) by the Russian Investigative Committee. He was a journalist and political scientist, and also openly supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Authorities are investigating the case as a murder. The suspicion is that the alleged attack will target Alexander Dugin, not Dugina, according to the Russian news agency Tass.
Check out what is known so far about the death of Daria Dugina:
moment of explosion
According to the Russian authorities, the explosion occurred on a road about 35km west of Moscow at around 9:00 PM (15.00 GMT). Daria Dugina was driving a Toyota Land Cruiser that belonged to her father.
Previously, they were both at a nationalist festival called “Traditions” (in free translation).
debris and fire
According to the British newspaper The Guardian, debris was thrown on the road after the explosion and the car was engulfed in flames.
main doubts
According to Reuters, the suspect is that a bomb was placed on the outside of the vehicle, under the driver’s seat. The Russian news agency Tass adds that the attack will target Alexander Dugin, not Dugina.
According to preliminary information, the father would decide to change cars with his daughter at the last moment.
Convinced that the alleged attack was premeditated, Russian authorities are investigating whether the case was murder.
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Russia blamed Ukraine…
Denis Pushilin, leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic in eastern Ukraine, blamed Ukrainian forces for the explosion. “Terrorists of the Ukrainian regime tried to liquidate Alexander Dugin but killed his daughter,” he wrote on his Telegram account.
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria V. Zakharova refrained from attributing the alleged attack to the neighboring country, but if Ukraine’s responsibility is confirmed, “Then we will have to talk about the terror policy of the state, which Russia has adopted the Kyiv regime”.
“We are waiting for the results of the investigation,” said Zakharova, also on Telegram, according to The New York Times.
… And Ukraine denied involvement
Ukraine denies any involvement in the alleged attack.
“Of course Ukraine had nothing to do with this, because we are not criminals like Russia. More than that, we are not a terrorist state,” Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, told local television.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.
Who was Dugina?
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Daria Platonova Dugina, a graduate of philosophy, was 29 years old and was a journalist and political scientist, according to the Russian Investigative Committee. She was editor-in-chief of the United World International (UWI) website, which argued that Ukraine would “destroy” if it joined NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), a military alliance of 30 countries.
Dugina was the daughter of Alexander Dugin, whose influence on Russian President Vladimir Putin has been the subject of speculation. Some experts call it important, hence the reason for nicknames such as “Putin’s philosopher”, “Putin’s brain” and even “modern Rasputin”. But for others, Dugin’s influence on Putin was minimal.
Father and daughter openly supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
(with AFP and RFI)
source: Noticias
