The daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s close aide Darya Dugina, 29 died in a suspected car bombing outside Moscow, Russia’s Investigative Committee said to the media.
It is speculated that the deceased’s father, Alexander Dugin might have been the target who is also known as “Putin’s Brain.” Alexander Dugin was at a festival near Moscow with his daughter where the philosopher delivered the lecture.
Footages that have gone viral on social media show Mr. Dugin watching in shock as the scene unfolds as the members of emergency services arrive at the sight where the explosion took place.
Investigators confirmed that Ms. Dugina who was driving herself died on the spot near the village of Bolshiye Vyazemy. Investigators confirmed that the explosive was planted inside the car which Ms Dugina was driving, and went off killing her on the spot near the village of Bolshiye Vyazemy.
Further details on the matter will be made public once the forensic and explosive experts complete their investigation. Amid high tension in relations between Russia and Ukraine, the officials from Ukraine have dismissed all forms of accusations and involvement in the attack.
"Ukraine, of course, has nothing to do with this, because we are not a criminal state, which is the Russian Federation, and even less a terrorist state," said Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for Russia's foreign ministry went on to say, “It would be regarded as State terrorism if any short of Ukrainian involvement will be found in the attack.”
Alexander Dugina is not a state official but has a lot to do with national matters his anti-Western, ultranationalist philosophy has become the dominant political ideology in Russia and has helped shape President Putin's expansionist foreign policy, most prominently on Ukraine.
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The premier central Russian agency will do all they can to nab those responsible for this dreaded attack. Denis Pushilin who is the head of the self-proclaimed pro-Russian ‘Donetsk People’s Republic, has already imposed the blame on Ukraine.
Denis in a post on Telegram wrote, "Vile villains! The terrorists of the Ukrainian regime, trying to eliminate Alexander Dugin, blew up his daughter… In a car. We cherish the memory of Daria, she is a real Russian girl!"
Draya Dugina was a prominent journalist who vocally supported the invasion of Ukraine. She was also sanctioned by the US and the UK authorities for spreading disinformation about Russia’s invasion.
Driven by pro-Russian sentiments Draya in May described the Russia-Ukraine war as the “clash of civilizations” she revealed in an interview that she was proud of the western sanctions imposed on her and her father Alexander Darya.
In May, she described the war as a "clash of civilisations" in an interview and expressed pride in the fact that both she and her father had been targeted by Western sanctions. She was sanctioned by the US in 2015 as well over the Russian annexation of Crimea.