Darya Dugina: Daughter of Putin Ally Killed In Car Bomb

A suspected car bomb killed the daughter of a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

According to Russia’s investigative committee, Darya Dugina was killed in an explosion on a road outside of Moscow on Saturday, August 20 2022.

Her father, Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin, dubbed “Putin’s brain,” is thought to be the intended target of the attack.

Mr Dugin is a well-known ultra-nationalist ideologue who is close to Russia’s president. Alexander Dugin and his daughter had attended a festival at a nearby estate where the philosopher had given a lecture.

The pair were supposed to return from the event in the same car on Saturday evening, but Mr Dugin reportedly decided at the last minute to travel separately from his daughter.

Ms Dugina died at the scene near the village of Bolshiye Vyazemy, according to investigators.

They claimed that an explosive device planted beneath the car on the driver’s side detonated before the vehicle caught fire. Experts in forensics and explosives are investigating.

The Russian Foreign Ministry speculated that the attack could have been carried out by Ukraine. Ukraine strongly denied any involvement.