Who killed Dugin’s daughter, and does it matter?

Published August 23, 2022 11:23am ET



WHO KILLED DUGIN’S DAUGHTER? The weekend car bombing in Moscow that killed 29-year-old Darya Dugina, daughter of Russian ultranationalist Alexander Dugin, has prompted the Kremlin to quickly blame Ukraine’s secret services and Ukraine to brace for missile strikes against its capital Kyiv.

Ukraine has denied any involvement in the attack, in which Dugina was killed when a remotely-controlled bomb blew apart her SUV after she left an event on the outskirts of Moscow Saturday night. Many suspect her father, an ardent supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s expansionist ambitions, may have been the intended target, but despite the Russian allegations, the forces behind the attack and their motives remain unclear.

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