Daria Dugina

Daria Dugina was driving a Toyota Land Cruiser in the outskirts of Moscow when the blast happened. Several of her father's allies say he was the likely ...

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Daria Dugina died after the vehicle she was driving exploded outside Moscow on Saturday. Her father, Aleksandr Dugin, is an ultranationalist whose writings ...

[they number in the thousands](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/25/world/europe/ukraine-russia-filtration-centers.html) and include the hundreds of fighters who surrendered after the siege at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, a southern Ukrainian port city. The [city of Bakhmut](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/11/world/europe/ukraine-war-frontline.html) remains in Ukrainian hands but is mostly deserted, much of it in ruins. Dugin’s view, after the Soviet Union’s “sellout” to the West in the 1990s, “Russia could revive in the next phase of global combat and become a ‘world empire.’” Dugina, citing her as a “frequent and high-profile contributor of disinformation in relation to Ukraine and the Russian invasion of Ukraine on various online platforms.” The United States imposed sanctions on her in March, describing her as the chief editor of an English-language disinformation website owned by [Yevgeny Prigozhin](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/16/world/europe/prigozhin-russia-indictment-mueller.html), the Russian oligarch known as “Putin’s chef.” His daughter Daria Dugina, 29, who was killed on Saturday when the car she was driving exploded on a highway outside Moscow, was a journalist who was [hit with sanctions this year](https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0628) by both the United States and Britain, accusing her of publishing disinformation on Ukraine. Putin said then, was fighting an American-led [“empire of lies.”](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/world/europe/us-putin-nuclear-war-nato.html) Dugin in 2015](https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0628) for his role in policies that threatened Ukraine, including helping to recruit fighters for Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. [said in a statement](https://sledcom.ru/news/item/1716630/) that Ms. [the start of his invasion of Ukraine](https://www.nytimes.com/news-event/ukraine-russia) on Feb. In June, she traveled to the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol after Russian forces captured it in a brutal campaign. Dugin has long been one of the most visible proponents of the idea of an imperial Russia at the helm of a “Eurasian” civilization locked in an existential conflict in the West. Dugina was a journalist and commentator who shared the hawkish worldview of her father and had been placed under sanctions by the U.S.

Daria Dugina was the daughter of Alexander Dugin, a proponent of the "Russian world" concept and a vehement supporter of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The explosion took place as Dugina was returning from a cultural festival she had attended with her father. The sanctions announcement cited a UWI article this year that contended Ukraine would “perish” if it were admitted to NATO. Dugin's exact ties to President Vladimir Putin are unclear, but the Kremlin frequently echoes rhetoric from his writings and appearances on Russian state TV.

The car explosion that killed Daria Dugina, the daughter of Vladimir Putin ally Alexander Dugin, appears poised to become a flash point in the ...

The Russian news outlet Baza reported that Dugina, 29, had been returning home from a literature and music festival called “Tradition” when the blast occurred.

[interview ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORWXraoHsD4)that the slaughter of civilians had been staged, bizarrely claiming that the U.S. had chosen the city because in English the name sounds like “butcher.” She was also [sanctioned](https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20220303) by the U.S. Darya Dugina had been outspoken in her support of Russia’s war against Ukraine. Dugin had reportedly been following right behind his daughter and had watched as her car exploded. The Russian news outlet Baza reported that Dugina, 30, had been returning home from a literature and music festival called “Tradition” when the blast occurred. Russia’s TASS news agency cited law enforcement sources who confirmed that a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado had blown up, but they did not confirm the identity of the driver, only describing the victim as female.

Darya Dugina's father, Alexander Dugin, is believed to have influenced President Vladimir Putin's approach to Ukraine.

His is believed to be an influential voice in shaping Putin’s They did not immediately name a suspect in the incident, but their statement on Sunday said they were considering “all versions” of events. The daughter of a prominent

Russian authorities say the daughter of a nationalist ideologist who is often referred to as "Putin's brain" died in a car explosion on the outskirts of ...

Not only had Dugin called for Russia to annex Ukraine, which Russia first did in Crimea in 2014, but Dugin had also suggested that Russia make Iran an ally and encourage Britain to leave the European Union. Dugin rebuffed the suggestion that Putin is following his blueprint. In his 1997 book, "The Foundations of Geopolitics," Dugin laid out an ideology called Eurasianism. The sanctions announcement cited a UWI article this year that contended Ukraine would "perish" if it were admitted to NATO. While Dugin's exact ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin are unclear, the Kremlin frequently echoes rhetoric from his writings and appearances on Russian state TV. The explosion took place as his daughter was returning from a cultural festival she had attended with him.

The daughter of an influential Russian philosopher and ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin was killed by a suspected car bomb outside Moscow late ...

Treasury Department described Dugina as the chief editor of the website United World International (UWI) which had published an article suggesting Ukraine would "perish" if it joined NATO. [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/17/cheney-wyoming-giuliani-georgia-trump/) reported. [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/20/europe/darya-dugina-killed-car-explosion-alexander-dugin-russia-intl-hnk/index.html)reported. [Texas mandates donated "In God We Trust" displays in schools](/2022/08/21/texas-in-god-we-trust-schools) [Liz Cheney](https://www.axios.com/2022/08/17/liz-cheney-trump-wyoming-primary-result) (R-Wyo.) intends to use her new political organization to combat the campaigns of Republicans who support former President Donald Trump and his unfounded claims around the 2020 election, Cheney told ABC's "This Week" in an interview that aired Sunday. [Liz Cheney vows to unseat Republicans who support Trump's "big lie"](/2022/08/21/liz-cheney-republican-election-trump) [Telegram post](https://t.me/MariaVladimirovnaZakharova/3510). [Al Jazeera](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/21/daughter-of-prominent-russian-nationalist-killed-in-car-bombing). [statement](https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0628)in March, the U.S. [sanctioned by the U.K.](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1097030/Russia.pdf)earlier this year, which described her as a "high-profile contributor of disinformation in relation to Ukraine and the Russian invasion of Ukraine on various online platforms." [Putin's brain](https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russia-fsu/2014-03-31/putins-brain)" who has helped shape Putin's expansionist foreign policy, per the [Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/21/daughter-of-putin-ally-alexander-dugin-killed-in-car-bomb-in-moscow-reports). [Telegram post](https://t.me/sledcom_press/2990) on Sunday.

Figures in the Russian media have called for strikes against key areas in Ukraine in retaliation for the death of Daria Dugina.

"Dugin is considered an ideologue of 'racism, called for the murder of Ukrainians. Despite the lack of information, some Russian media figures, like Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief at RT, "Dugin is on the U.S. In the aftermath of the incident, Ukrainian officials have denied any involvement with Dugina's death, according to Pravda. He also claimed that the bombing could be related to conflicts between groups in Russia with differing political and ideological stances, Ukrinform reported. While unconfirmed at this time, it has been suspected that the bomb was meant for Dugin, as it targeted his car.