On Monday, August 22, the Russian Security Services (FSS) accused “special servicesUkrainians killed the daughter of a well-known ideologue close to the Kremlin, who died in the explosion of his car near Moscow, the Russian press agency reports. The attack is described as:heinous crimeby Vladimir Putin, who welcomed “a bright and talented person with a truly Russian heart“.
Daria Dugina was killed Saturday evening by an explosion in the car she was driving on a road near the village of Bolchie Vyatsiomi, about forty kilometers from Moscow. A journalist and political scientist, born in 1992, she was the daughter of Alexander Dugin, an ultra-nationalist ideologue and writer who preaches expansionist doctrine and is a fierce supporter of the Russian offensive in Ukraine.
“The murder was prepared and carried out by the Ukrainian special servicessaid the FSB statement, cited by Russian agencies. According to the same source, the car driven by Daria Dugina was trapped by a Ukrainian woman born in 1979, identified by the FSB as Natalya Vovk, who arrived in Russia in July with her minor daughter born in 2010. In particular, the FSB rented an apartment in the building where Dugina lived, and she went to a conservative cultural festival on Saturday, where the journalist was also present. According to FSB, this Ukrainian woman then fled to Estonia with her daughter. For its part, the Ukrainian National Guard unit, the Azov Battalion, said on Twitter on Monday that “the woman, whose name and identity was published by FSB (…), has nothing to do with “Azov”.“.
In the condolence message of the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned “a violent, violent crime“who has”The life of Daria Dugina, a bright and talented person with a truly Russian heart, ended prematurely“. “As a journalist, scientist, philosopher and war correspondent, he sincerely served the people and the motherland, showing with his deeds what it means to be a Russian patriot.“, he added. Vladimir Putin also posthumously presented him with the Order of Courage, an important award, the Russian Presidency announced on Monday evening.
Shock in Russia
Daria Dugina’s death has shocked Russia, reawakening painful memories of the many murders that bloodied the volatile period following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. who are trying to convince people that the attack in Ukraine has no negative consequences for the Russian population. However, the conflict has become increasingly visible in recent weeks, particularly with a series of explosions in Crimea, a Ukrainian peninsula connected to Moscow where many Russians traditionally spend their summer vacations.
Questioned by Russian media on Saturday for suggesting that the car bomb that killed Daria Dugina was in fact Alexander Dugin, Ukraine denied involvement on Sunday. “Ukraine, of course, had nothing to do with the explosion (on Saturday) because we are not a criminal state“, Mykhailo Podoliak, adviser to the President of Ukraine, stated.
promoter ofEurasianism“, a doctrine that defends a Russian-led alliance between Europe and Asia. Alexandre Dugin, who influences part of the French far-right, has been targeted since 2014 by European Union sanctions imposed following Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula. . In recent years, Ukraine has banned several of his works, including “Ukraine. My war. Geopolitical magazine“and”Russia’s Eurasian revenge“. Alexander Dugen, nicknamed by some media “Putin’s brain“, is sometimes presented as a close person of the Russian President. However, many observers relativize his alleged influence in the Kremlin.
Source: Le Figaro
