The daughter of Russian nationalist ideologue Alexander Dugin, who is reportedly a close aide of President Vladimir Putin, was killed in a car bomb attack in Moscow on Saturday.
Darya Dugina, 30, died in the car explosion, Russia’s news agency TASS reported.
The Russian news agency confirmed a Toyota land cruiser Prado exploded in Bolshiye Vyazemy village in the Moscow region and a “female driver” was killed. Russian law enforcement officials have launched an investigation into the attack, reports said.
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Russian news outlet Baza said Dugina was returning from a literature festival when the explosion occurred. Reports claim Alexander Dugin was also supposed to be in the car but took another vehicle. Dugin was reportedly just behind his daughter’s car when it exploded.
The incident went viral on Russia’s social media.
рашист дугин приехал на место взрыва автомобиля, в котором находилась его дочь
Детали: как пишут российские паблики, дарья дугина возвращалась с семейного фестиваля «Традиция» в усадьбе захарово. дугин планировал ехать вместе с дочерью, но в последний момент сел в другую машину. pic.twitter.com/4wnJ2BmbTz
— DanaElena. 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇮🇹🇷🇴🇵🇱 (@danielapruna2) August 20, 2022
Džip kćerke filozofa Aleksandra Dugina eksplodirao je u blizini sela Bolshye Vyazemy u moskovskoj oblasti. Vozač je preminuo na licu mesta.
Svedoci kažu da je Land Cruiser Prado eksplodirao tokom vožnje. Unutra je bila Daria Dugina. pic.twitter.com/eyYz3Vbk95
— Brutalan odgovor (@maddox1964) August 20, 2022
Alexander Dugin is a far-right Russian ideologue and a proponent of “New Russia”. He is widely known as “Putin’s brain” due to his closeness with the Russian president. Dugin had reportedly said in 2016 that “war with Ukraine is inevitable” while asserting that Russia was already “united with Crimea”.
Darya Dugina had spoken widely in favour of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and was sanctioned by the Biden administration in March after President Putin launched his “special military operation” against Kyiv.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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