Russia has accused Ukraine of being behind the attack, raising speculations of a retaliatory strike by Russia. Ukraine denies involvement.
Dugina was the daughter of Alexander Dugin, an influential nationalist thinker, global far rightIt appears he may have been the intended target, reportedly. changed cars right before. After the explosion, a friend of Dugina’s told Russian state news agency TASS: CNN story: “Dasha (Daria) drives another car, but today she drove his car and Alexander went separately.”
dugina is herself wishing star popularized her father’s neo-imperialist worldview.For example, in September 2021 she will paper Citing Nazi jurist Karl Schmidt’s work on the concept of grossraum (great power), he defended the idea that a major power, such as Russia, should dominate neighboring territories.
many media, including wall street journal When washington postreferring to her father as “Putin’s ally”, or “Putin’s brain”, the intellectual architect of Putinism. quarrel Noting that this exaggerates Dugin’s influence, Dugin has never held an official government position and does not appear to have a direct personal relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The two men have never been photographed together.” Guardian report.
While some nationalists have accused Putin of starting a war against his fellow Slavic peoples, Dugin is among those nationalists who criticize Putin for not pursuing a war against Ukraine more aggressively. his recent paper — probably written before the car bombing and posted on a nationalist website on August 21, the day after his daughter’s death — said the current system could not survive more than six months. Claims to demand the overthrow of the Russian regime.
Dugin complains that ordinary Russians go about their daily lives “as if nothing is happening”, prompting Putin to intensify war in Kyiv against “Atlant Nazi regime” . Western doll. He ridiculed the Kremlin’s concerns over the management of the 2024 Russian presidential election, suggesting it should be postponed. He ominously concluded:
Dugin has long been Putin’s gadfly. In 2014, Dugin enthusiastic supporter About the annexation of Crimea and the pro-Russian uprising in the Ukrainian city of Donbass. He advocated the creation of Novorossia, or New Russia, throughout eastern and southern Ukraine, Said In a video for her followers, she said, “I think we should kill, kill, kill. [Ukrainians], no other story. ”
Dugin and other Russian nationalists dismayed When the Kremlin rejected the plan in 2014. Minsk Agreement).Due to his criticism of Putin, Dugin was fired He lost his position as a professor at Moscow State University in July 2014 and was largely shunned by major Russian television channels. (Today he mainly appears only on Russian Orthodox nationalist TV channels. Tsargrad.)
Only on February 21, 2022 did Putin change course and formally recognized Donbass “People’s Republic” as a sovereign state independent from Ukraine. Dugin welcomed the invasion of Ukraine, but along with other nationalists complained that the war was not being pursued aggressively enough.
Hard-line nationalists were angered by the Kremlin’s attempt to calm the Russian public by claiming it was not a “war” but merely a “special military operation.”Putin did not order full mobilization, which would have called millions of reservists.Instead the army rely About a contract soldier attracted by a monthly salary of $4,000. Dugin and his followers want total war With Ukraine and the West.
With the war dragged on and no clear sign of Russia’s victory in sight, Putin must worry about maintaining political stability in the face of mounting economic problems. Public dissent is kept to a minimum through strict media regulation.However, social media, etc. telegramand on some web pages, hardline nationalists say forgivenTheir anger at the Kremlin. Perhaps Putin is resisting silencing these voices, either because he fears it will provoke open resistance, or perhaps because he has his supporters within the military. It is from
On Monday, Russia’s Federal Security Service, the FSB, said: announced They announced that they had found the suspect who planted the bomb. Natalia, a 43-year-old Ukrainian woman, fled to Estonia in her mini Cooper with her young daughter after her murder. This was a suspiciously quick investigation by Russian authorities, as previous assassination investigations have taken months and have often been unsolved. The suspect’s story Ukraine refuses.
We cannot rule out the possibility that someone within the security services targeted Dugin in order to get Putin out of this nasty critic. Russia has a long and unpleasant history of assassinations of political opponents. House When foreign countrySome of these killings were carried out directly by agents of the security services, the FSB and the GRU (Military Intelligence Service). Others were committed by hired assassins.
We may never know who actually killed Ms. Dugina. But in a war that has already claimed tens of thousands of lives, this may be the first time war has been brought to Moscow.
Source: www.cnn.com
