The daughter of Putin’s best ally Alexander Dugin, who pushed for the invasion of Ukraine, was killed by a car bomb outside Moscow

The daughter of a Russian political philosopher was killed Saturday night in a car bomb intended for her, officials said. Russian criminal investigators said they were investigating his death as murder.

Daria Dugina, the daughter of Alexander Dugin, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and a strategist behind Russia’s ongoing war effort in Ukraine, was killed when a bomb intended for her exploded in their vehicle, Russian news agency TASS reported.

Dugina, 29, was leaving a music and culture festival outside Moscow in her SUV when the bomb went off.

Dugin attended the festival but was not in the vehicle at the time of the explosion. Some Russian outlets reported that he was supposed to fit in the vehicle but changed at the last minute.

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Often described as « Putin’s mastermind », Dugin pioneered the Russian leader’s invasion of Ukraine. He also appeared regularly on the Tsargrad TV channel.

« Dasha, like her father, has always been at the forefront of confrontation with the West, » Tsargrad said Sunday, using the colloquial form of her name. She, like her father, was sanctioned by the US Treasury.

It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the attack.

Ukrainian politician Denis Pushilin, the leader of the breakaway Donetsk People’s Republic, blamed it on « terrorists of the Ukrainian regime, trying to kill Alexander Dugin ».

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Russia’s war with Ukraine is approaching a six-month milestone, which many experts did not think was possible when Russian forces invaded Ukraine on February 24.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed Ukrainians on Saturday, the 178th day of fighting, encouraging them to keep pushing for victory.

« We have always said and we say honestly: for the victory of Ukraine we still have to fight, we still have to do a lot, we still have to persevere and endure, unfortunately, a lot of pain, » he said. . « But Ukrainians can be proud of themselves, their country and their heroes. And let’s all feel it together today – let’s feel the power of our people, our beautiful people. »

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Zelenskyy also raised concerns that Russia could attack and potentially destroy a Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia, which has remained under Russian control for months, which could cause unprecedented damage.

“We have to be aware that this week Russia may try to do something particularly nasty, something particularly cruel. This is our enemy. said the Ukrainian president.

A general view shows the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, located in the Russian-controlled area of ​​Enerhodar, as seen from Nikopol on April 27, 2022.
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« One of the main tasks of the enemy is to humiliate us Ukrainians, to devalue our abilities, our heroes, to spread despair, fear, to propagate conflicts… Therefore, it is important never to , for a single moment, to give in the face of this enemy pressure, not to get angry, not to show weakness », he added.

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Zelenskyy concluded, « We all must be strong enough to resist any enemy provocation. We all must be strong enough to endure and go on to Ukrainian victory. »

The Associated Press contributed to this report.