In an event that should chill Russian war criminal Vladimir Putin's inner circle, Darya Dugin, the daughter of Russian fascist Alexander Dugin, was killed when her car exploded on the outskirts of Moscow last night. Dugin, a far-right extremist who advises Putin and has advocated a broad expansion of an imperial Russian empire, was not in the car, arousing suspicions that the explosion was meant to take him out. Darya Dugin was an extreme nationalist who was sanctioned by the U.S. for her role in interfering in the U.S. elections. While Russian officials were quick to blame Ukrainians for the explosion, there is a growing resistance movement in Russia against Putin's criminal war against Ukraine, which has killed and wounded an estimated 70 - 80,000 Russians. No one has claimed responsibility for the explosion.
Dugin's father planted the notion of aggressive Russian imperialism in Putin over 25 years of their interactions, and his influence should be taken note of:
"While he has no formal role in government, Dugin, a far-Right occult writer who used to edit the staunchly pro-Putin Tsargrad TV network, is regarded as the Russian warmonger's 'guru advisor' and reportedly exerts heavy influence over him.
He is credited with giving new life to the term Novorossiya (New Russia), which was adopted by Putin to justify his annexation of Crimea in 2014.
Dugin has long dreamed of an expansionist Russia, advocating for Russian rule 'from Dublin to Vladisvostok' in his 1997 book Foundations of Geopolitics. He once said not taking back control of Ukraine would be 'an enormous danger for all of Eurasia' - before he was sanctioned by the US in 2015 after allegedly recruiting fighters for Russia-backed forces in the country." (our emphasis)
Whatever the circumstances of her death, it's one less influential, strident voice for Russia's military expansion across Europe and Central Asia. It's too bad her evil father couldn't have hitched a ride with her.
