On Monday, forty-eight hours after the death of Daria Douguina in her car explosion, the FSB accused a Ukrainian woman of being behind it. The images of the latter were broadcast by a Russian press agency.
The suspect, Natalya Vovk, allegedly served in the Kyiv army. She would have entered Russia on July 23, according to the Russian secret services, then she would have rented an apartment in the same building where Daria Douguina lived, before fleeing to Estonia.
“In 48 hours, the FSB put together a film made up of three sequences. First we see the suspect entering Russia, then at the foot of Daria Douguina’s building and finally crossing the border”, describes Patrick Sauce, international politics editorialist for BFMTV. .
The latter considers it “surprising” that there are no images from the security cameras of the place where Daria Douguina’s vehicle exploded on Saturday night. Sylvie Bermann, BFMTV’s diplomatic consultant and former French ambassador to Russia, also notes that the FSB sequence is “a bit surprising.”
“In the Yeltsin years, a British man of Russian origin wrote a book where he said: ‘Nothing is true, everything is possible.’ I think in this case it is. The FSB, heir to the KGB, is used to editing, ”he says on our antenna.
Ukraine denies any involvement
Journalist and political scientist born in 1992, Daria Douguina was the daughter of Alexandre Douguine, an ultra-nationalist ideologue and writer who promoted an expansionist doctrine and was a staunch supporter of the Russian offensive in Ukraine.
Alexander Dougin, dubbed “Putin’s brain” by some media, is sometimes portrayed as close to the Russian president. But many observers downplay his alleged influence in the Kremlin.
In a condolence message released by the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin denounced a “despicable and cruel crime” that “prematurely ended the life of Daria Duguina, a brilliant and talented person with a truly Russian heart.”
“As a journalist, scientist, philosopher and war correspondent, she served the people and the motherland with sincerity, illustrating with her actions what it means to be a Russian patriot,” she concluded.
On Sunday, Ukraine denied any involvement on Sunday. “Ukraine certainly has nothing to do with the explosion (on Saturday), because we are not a criminal state,” said an adviser to the Ukrainian presidency, Mikhaïlo Podoliak.
Source: BFM TV
