The daughter of Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin has died in an attack in a Moscow suburb. “The identity of the dead has been clarified. It is the journalist and political scientist Darya Dugina,” state investigative authorities confirmed on Sunday.
According to family members quoted by Russian media, Dugin was the likely target of the attack because his daughter borrowed his car at the last minute. Video recordings show the distraught father at the crime scene.
The Toyota blew up on the Mozhaisk highway near the village of Bolshiye Vyazemy. The 30-year-old Dugina died at the scene of the crime. According to a report by the Russian news agency Interfax, Dugin and his daughter attended the patriotic festival “Tradition” together on Saturday, which is supported by a foundation of the Russian President.
“It was planned that father and daughter leave the festival together, but Darya drove alone in the vehicle,” according to Interfax. An investigation has been launched into the murder, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, which is responsible for serious crimes, announced.
Unlike Russian officials, neither Dugin nor his daughter were under the protection of the Federal Protective Service (FSO) and she was an easy civilian target.
Planned attack on Dugin?
The committee’s press office told the state news agency Tass that the murder was planned and commissioned. A spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that a meticulous investigation would be launched. Russian law enforcement agencies would closely investigate Darya Dugina’s death. “If the Ukrainian lead is confirmed (…) then we will talk about a policy of state terrorism implemented by the Kiev regime,” said the diplomat.
Just hours before the attack, the Head of the Presidential Administration in Ukraine, Andrey Yermak, said: “Our task is to make sure that not only the current generation of Russians, but their children and grandchildren will pay”.
Alexander Dugin is considered a vocal supporter of the Kremlin offensive in Ukraine. After Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, which Dugin also supported, he was put on the West’s sanctions list. The philosopher is considered the founder of “neo-eurasianism”.
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