Car bomb kills daughter of 'spiritual guide' to Putin's Ukraine invasion

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Russian authorities said Sunday they had opened a murder investigation after the daughter of influential, ultra-nationalist philosopher Alexander Dugin was killed by a car bomb on the outskirts of Moscow.

Dugina's father is a Russian author and ideologue, credited with being the architect or "spiritual guide" to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. He is purported to have significant influence over Russian President Vladimir Putin and was described as "Putin's Brain" by Foreign Affairs magazine.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/20/euro...on-alexander-dugin-russia-intl-hnk/index.html
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
Poor woman. Too bad they didn't get Dugin instead.

Maybe there's some internal dissension going on there, eh?
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If not then there might soon be. LOL

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62621509
Analysis by Will Vernon, BBC Moscow
While Alexander Dugin is not a state official himself, he is nevertheless a symbolic figure in Russian politics.

His anti-Western, ultranationalist philosophy has become the dominant political ideology in Russia and has helped shape President Putin's expansionist foreign policy, most prominently on Ukraine.

Attention will now turn to who was behind this attack. Denis Pushilin, the "head" of the self-declared pro-Russian "Donetsk People's Republic", has already laid the blame on Ukraine, writing on Telegram: "Vile villains! The terrorists of the Ukrainian regime, trying to eliminate Alexander Dugin, blew up his daughter… In a car. We cherish the memory of Daria, she is a real Russian girl!"

Incidents like this will make officials in Moscow nervous, especially in the aftermath of a series of explosions and attacks in occupied Crimea and in Russian regions near the border with Ukraine.

Kremlin propaganda consistently stresses how Vladimir Putin has brought security and stability in Russia following the turbulent 1990s, when car bombs and assassinations were commonplace. This car bomb in the Russian capital undermines that narrative.
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Too bad it didn't hit the real target. But at least now he'll have to live with his decision to get in another car every day, and know that his daughter's blood is firmly on his hands.
 
Kremlin is blaming it on Ukraine

I don't see how this risky assassination attempt gives any significant military or psychological benefit to Ukraine.

Its possible that internal Russian opposition groups were involved.
 
Cypress said:
Kremlin is blaming it on Ukraine

I don't see how this risky assassination attempt gives any significant military or psychological benefit to Ukraine.

Its possible that internal Russian opposition groups were involved.
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Could go either way. Turns out the ex-Russian cutie was a bad girl and a legitimate target: https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/20/euro...on-alexander-dugin-russia-intl-hnk/index.html

In March 2022, the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Dugina for her contribution to an article on the United World International (UWI) website suggesting that Ukraine would "perish" if it is admitted to NATO. Dugina was UWI's chief editor.

She claimed in a recent interview with the Russian news channel, 1RNK, that the atrocities that happened during the Russian occupation of the Ukrainian town of Bucha were American propaganda, chosen because of its phonological similarity to "butcher," a word she connects with US President Joe Biden calling Putin a "butcher" on March 29.

Whoever did it still needs to whack her daddy.
 
One of Russia's looniest far-right ideologues endorses Donald Trump

Mar 1, 2016 — Aleksandr Dugin, a far-right Russian academic and spinner of bizarre ideological treatises, has endorsed Donald Trump.


 
Cypress said:
Kremlin is blaming it on Ukraine

I don't see how this risky assassination attempt gives any significant military or psychological benefit to Ukraine.

Its possible that internal Russian opposition groups were involved.
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Or even internal inter-governmental strife - wouldn't be the first time someone in the Russian government offed or tried to off a rival
 
I gather that no one has taken credit for this, so it is impossible to have any sense of what this means.
 
Dutch Uncle said:
Could go either way. Turns out the ex-Russian cutie was a bad girl and a legitimate target: https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/20/euro...on-alexander-dugin-russia-intl-hnk/index.html

In March 2022, the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Dugina for her contribution to an article on the United World International (UWI) website suggesting that Ukraine would "perish" if it is admitted to NATO. Dugina was UWI's chief editor.

She claimed in a recent interview with the Russian news channel, 1RNK, that the atrocities that happened during the Russian occupation of the Ukrainian town of Bucha were American propaganda, chosen because of its phonological similarity to "butcher," a word she connects with US President Joe Biden calling Putin a "butcher" on March 29.

Whoever did it still needs to whack her daddy.
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Yes, she was a fascist just like her father.

Though it seems morally ambiguous whether that merits a death sentence. AFAIK she did not have direct access to or influence over Putin's decision making process.
 
Gondwanaland said:
Or even internal inter-governmental strife - wouldn't be the first time someone in the Russian government offed or tried to off a rival
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Russian ministers of government famously murdered Rasputin.

There are lingering rumours that Stalin was offed by members of the Politburo
 
guno said:
In the link Alexander Dugin praised trump as thinking just like Putin
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I have to admit, I never heard of Alexander Dugin, he reminds me of Grigori Rasputin, the Czar had Rasputin and Putin has Dugin?!!

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Dugin

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Rasputin
 
Gondwanaland said:
Or even internal inter-governmental strife - wouldn't be the first time someone in the Russian government offed or tried to off a rival
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True. Or it could have also been business-related, someone pissed at him (or her) for a deal gone wrong. Car bombings always make me think of mafia.
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
True. Or it could have also been business-related, someone pissed at him (or her) for a deal gone wrong. Car bombings always make me think of mafia.
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There was a ban on car bombs in the Mafia for a few years. It might still be in place. The car bombs were bring unwanted attention.
 
Walt said:
There was a ban on car bombs in the Mafia for a few years. It might still be in place. The car bombs were bring unwanted attention.
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Didn't know that, thanks. Then it sounds as though attention in this case was exactly what was wanted.
 
Cypress said:
Yes, she was a fascist just like her father.

Though it seems morally ambiguous whether that merits a death sentence. AFAIK she did not have direct access to or influence over Putin's decision making process.
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...which is why this isn't a tragedy, but a half-complete mission.
 
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