It is believed the neo-fascist philosopher was the target, but it’s not like she was someone anyone should miss!

MOSCOW, Russia – Darya Dugina, a journalist who was also the daughter of neo-fascist philosopher Aleksandr Dugin, was killed in a car bombing in Rublyovka area, Moscow’s Golden Mile. Dugin is best known as being a “spiritual advisor” to Russian president Vladimir Putin and in particular regarding his invasion of Ukraine.

According to the Russian news outlet Baza, the SUV Land Cruiser Prado Dugina, 29, was driving was moving along the Mozhayskoye Highway near the village of Bolshie Vyazyoma when an explosion was heard around 10 pm. Dugina was reportedly returning from the Tradition Festival, which describes itself as a family festival for art lovers, with her father but at the last minute he had moved to another car.

Aleksandr Dugin, 60, is a well-known far-right philosopher and leader of the International Eurasian Movement. He is called the ideologist of the war in Ukraine and the author of the so-called “Black International”, which was supposed to network ultra-right parties and organizations in Europe.’ Dugina often acted as a political scientist and commented on the war in Ukraine from the point of view of her father, whose ideas of Eurasianism she had promoted. Both she and her father were sanctioned by the United States and in early July 2022, she was placed on the UK sanctions list for being “a frequent and high-profile contributor of disinformation in relation to Ukraine and the Russian invasion of Ukraine on various online platforms.”

Russian has begun an investigation into the bombing and while there has not been any suspects identified at the time of this posting, rumors immediately began circulating that the attack targeted Dugin or possibly both him and his daughter. “It’s her father’s car,” Andrei Krasnov, head of the Russky Gorizont (Russian Horizon) social movement and a personal acquaintance of Dugina’s family, told the Russian news outlet TASS. “Dasha (Darya) drives another car, but she drove his car today, and Alexandr went separately.

“He returned, he was at the site of the tragedy. As far as I understand, Alexander or probably they together were the target,” Krasnov said further.”

Denis Pushilin, the head of the Donetsk People’s Republic, a Russian puppet state within Ukraine, claimed that Ukrainian authorities were behind the explosion. Ukraine denies any involvement.