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Darya Dugin, the 29-year-old daughter of Russian philosopher Aleksandr Dugin, is believed to have been killed in a car explosion in Moscow, according to reports. Aleksandr Dugin, dubbed “Putin’s brain,” has been the driving force behind Russia’s military operations in Ukraine and Crimea. Darya, his journalist daughter, also backed Moscow’s attack on Ukraine. According to Russian media, the father-daughter duo were supposed to return from an event on Saturday evening in the same car, but Aleksandr changed his mind at the last minute and travelled in a separate car. The BBC reported that it is still unclear whether the attack was aimed at ‘Putin’s brain.’
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Unverified videos of the explosion that killed Darya Dugin have surfaced on Telegram showing Aleksandr watching the burning wreck of his daughter’s vehicle in shock.
Aleksandr Dugin does not hold any post in Kremlin but because of his closeness with Putin is known as ‘Putin’s Rasputin’. Darya Dugin was sanctioned by the UK after she was accused of spreading “disinformation” online over the Russia-Ukraine war.
Denis Pushilin, the Russian proxy leader of Ukraine’s occupied Donetsk blamed terrorists of the Ukrainian regime for the blast. They (terrorists) had been “trying to liquidate Aleksandr Dugin” but “blew up his daughter”, he wrote on Telegram, as reported. “In loving memory of Darya, she is a true Russian girl,” Pushilin wrote.
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Last-minute change of vehicle
The fact that Aleksandr changed his vehicle at the last minute is firming up the theory that he might be the target of the explosion which he ‘unknowingly’ escaped. The explosion took place in Bolshie Vyazemy, on the outskirts of Russia’s capital, late on Saturday evening. The duo were guests of honour at the Tradition family festivval at the Zakharovo estate and planned to leave together, reports said. But Aleksandr changed his vehicle while his daughter travelled in her Toyota Land Cruiser Prado — only to be blown into pieces later.
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