Update(2310ET): Russia’s English language state RT News is confirming the death of Darya Dugina, the daughter of veteran Russian political commentator and Putin ally Alexander Dugin, in what appears to have been a targeted hit – possibly an attempt on her father Alexander’s life. RT however is still calling the reports “preliminary” until government authorities confirm the identity of the deceased.
“The incident took place on a highway some 20 kilometers west of Moscow around 21:35 local time, with witnesses saying that the blast rocked the vehicle right in the middle of the road, scattering debris all around,” according to new details in RT. “The crippled car, fully engulfed in flames, then crashed into a fence, according to photos and videos from the scene.”
“Emergency services said one person was inside the car and was instantly killed by the blast and crash – a female whose body was reportedly recovered burned beyond recognition.”
RT writes further: “Authorities have yet to confirm the identity of the victim, but multiple Russian Telegram channels and media sources reported that the victim was 30-year-old Darya Dugina (Platonova). Her father, Alexander Dugin, was spotted at the scene soon after the incident, visibly shocked, according to several videos circulating on social media.”
Video purportedly shows Aleksandr Dugin at the scene of the blast. He was allegedly supposed to be in the vehicle but ended up taking another car: pic.twitter.com/sgRcJ8laqJ
— Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) August 20, 2022
While an official cause of the blast hasn’t been identified as yet, there’s widespread speculation it was an Improvised Explosive Device (IED).
There’s also much speculation centered on the apparent bombing being a likely attempt on Alexander Dugin, with unconfirmed reports saying she had been driving his car and he was in another vehicle.
Today, the Head of the Presidential Administration in Ukraine, Andrey Yermak, said that, "Our task is to make sure that not only the current generation of Russians, but their children and grandchildren will pay". Eight hours later, Alexander Dugin's daughter Darya was killed. pic.twitter.com/tSNhsxTR7A
— Russians With Attitude (@RWApodcast) August 20, 2022
According to The Daily Beast, citing local reports:
Alexander Dugin was meant to be in the vehicle his daughter was driving but had gotten in a different one at the last second, according to Pyotr Lundstrem, a Russian violinist quoted by the outlet.
Dugin had reportedly been following right behind his daughter and had watched as her car exploded. Photos shared by Baza appeared to show Dugin distraught at the scene, holding his head in both hands as he stood in front of the fiery wreckage.
And more:
Denis Pushilin, the Russian proxy leader of Ukraine’s occupied Donetsk, angrily blamed “terrorists of the Ukrainian regime” for the blast, writing on Telegram that they had been “trying to liquidate Alexander Dugin” but “blew up his daughter.”
“In loving memory of Darya, she is a true Russian girl,” Pushilin wrote.
Pro-Kremlin Telegram channels and social media pages similarly blamed Ukraine for the explosion and called on Russians to “avenge” Dugina’s death.
This, along with recent attacks inside Crimea, could indeed mean greater escalation in the Ukraine war.
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The daughter of Alexander Dugin – a close ally and adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin – has reportedly been killed in what many are assuming was an assassination attempt meant for her father.
Darya Dugin was ‘blown to pieces’ near Moscow suburb of Bolshiye Vyazyomy, according to reports, which say that Alexander had originally planned to travel back with her from a festival before deciding to ride in a separate car, according to the Daily Mail and other outlets.
According to Russian’s state-owned TASS, local law enforcement confirmed that a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado had blown up, but did not confirm the victim’s identity – only that it was a female. A man identified by TASS as a Dugin associate said it was Darya, but there has been thus far no official confirmation.
Russian outlet Baza reports that the 29-year-old had been returning home from “Tradition” – a literature and music festival, when the blast occurred. She was reportedly driving for around 10 minutes before the detonation. The outlet also quoted Russian violinist Pyotr Lundstrem, who (and how would he know?) that Alexander was meant to be in the vehicle. Instead, he was reportedly following her car when it exploded.
Dugin is the former chief editor of the pro-Putin Tsargrad TV network, and has been often portrayed in Western media as being a ‘mastermind’ of the Ukraine invasion, as well as an intellectual / philosopher who’s had a large influence in Russia’s post-Soviet nationalism.
In an Instagram post, Denis Pushilin, head of the Donetsk People’s Republic in eastern Ukraine, called it an ‘attack’ by ‘vile villains,’ adding “The terrorists of the Ukrainian regime, trying to eliminate Alexander Dugin, blew up his daughter… In a car. Blessed memory of Daria, she is a real Russian girl!”
“The tenacity of these Ukro-Reich morons is amazing. Everyone, if possible, needs to be home in the next hour,” he added.
An alleged photo of the scene was posted to Telegram by “MOW!” Moscow News, with the caption (translated): “All that remains of the blown up car of the daughter of the famous public figure Alexander Dugin on the Mozhaisk highway in the Moscow region. The SUV of Darya Dugina detonated while driving, after which it caught fire.”
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This is the equivalent of Maureen Bannon being blown up in a car her father Steve was supposed to have taken.
Dugin is not an advisor to Putin anymore for quite some time now.
(And anybody who invests a few hours into his “Fourth Political Theory”, as I did, will come out with a feeling like when reading Zizek: completely confused “philosophy” with glaring holes in it, visible even at casual glance.)
I have to conclude that this attack was not so much directly against Putin or Russia, not even to incite hate in Russia, but was staged as a hook to advance some [Western] bullshit propaganda “interpretation” about Russia’s current philosophical [and moral] underpinnings.
PS:
I read a great Twitter thread maybe three months ago, where someone detailed how he looked into the commonly [in the West] deriled Dugin as “Putin’s brain” etc., and he found everything to be [Western] lies. I want to slap myself that I didn’t save the link to it back then, as I thought “Dugin’s time is the limelight is already over.”
When is some one gonna send a Russian prostitute with a suicide vest for Hunter?
Likely not needed. He will probably run across a bag of Fentanyl laced something or other soon enough.
Here is Darya talking about the end of Globalism represented by Ukraine and the era of Multi polarity represented by Russia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq8uL0xzKBw&t=12s
No wonder they took her out. She speaks the truth, in English.
Is it time to make it rain Iskander missiles in Kiev yet, Russia?
You meant Kinzhals on London and Washington.
Not yet, but getting closer.
One of these days Russia’s going to take the gloves off. This could go really bad really quick.
Vox Day says similarly….
This is bad. This is potentially VERY bad. It practically reeks of the CIA, and if the history of Soviet/Russian intelligence is any guide, it will serve as a prelude to a ruthless series of reprisals aimed at influential figures supporting the war against Russia.
Several stupid oversimplifications.
Dugin’s philosophy is complete crap, therefore he cannot be “the philosophical leader of a resurgent Russia.” (Try to just figure out what the 3 preceding ones to Dugin’s ‘Fourth Political Theory’ are.)
“Laying an ideological framework” to me is effectively the opposite of a philosophy that hopes to stand the test of time. How much Dugin helped to put an achievable goal in front of a beaten-down Russian society in the 90’s, I do not know.
This is fairly new from zerohedge and says much along the same lines of what you have been mentioning about Dugin and his actual influence, specially with President Putin. Think there will be some major revenge though,the Russians do not put up with too much crap.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/daughter-putin-ally-reportedly-killed-assassination-attempt
It’s almost as if there a foreign agents, imbedded in US government, systematically destroying our Republic from the inside out.
Ron Klain and Susan Rice Take the Lead as Joe Biden Disappears on Vacation
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/08/20/ron-klain-susan-rice-take-lead-joe-biden-disappears-vacation/
” “Our task is to make sure that not only the current generation of Russians, but their children and grandchildren will pay”.
from the above, it is no wonder Russia went into ukraine. we know the players who could have done this. not one wears a white hat, either. as an aside, since the true target was apparently missed, it is likely an amerikan undertaking, guaranteed to produce a failure.
Soon nothing will revolve around the US $. Starting in 2023, hungry and cold europeeons will make deals for self preservation. The trillions of $s around the world will become worthless. Happening soon so get ready.
absolutely correct. bankruptcy and lunacy have preceded the end of empires in the past and this amerikan empire will be no different. we are in the end stages with the only question remaining being how long the actual end can be forestalled by ‘leaders’.
pushing Russia sanctions have had the effect of enriching Russia at our expense. this will contribute to the coming downfall as ‘european allies’ turn their attentions east for help.
dark days are coming.
Pepe’s latest, on this tragedy:
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2022/08/21/fly-like-an-eagle-darya-dugina/
I’m a little disappointed that Pepe doesn’t call out Dugin’s bullshit (ok, in a more diplomatic way) but just ‘reports’ “Dugin proposes that the current status quo around Operation Z cannot last for more than six months.”
Note: Dugin meant 6 months altogether, so three days from now that period is over.
And he is stating Russia society cannot live internally with the current ‘status quo’ any longer. I see no reason for that, and while it is not limitless that the current state can continue, at this point Dugin has to allow for ‘never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake’ [which is primarily the economic “sanctions”, hurting the West especially Europe much more than Russia], and let Europe live through a winter with very little (or zero) ongoing Russian energy supply.
So I see Dugin as a bonehead who cannot think long-term, but wants to now force the issue. (Those are always the worst: a ‘philosopher’ playing hawkish politics.)
Pepe should call that out.
Hmm, on further thought, as Dugin’s philosophy is so lacking, it could be that he is the ‘bad cop’ in a good cop, bad cop routine. Especially when reading Patriarch Kirill’s condolence letter.
I don’t think it matters much how influential Dugin has or hasn’t been in Russia. What’s apparent is that the Ukrainians think he’s important and influential. So do many in the American intelligence community. Dugin has advocated ruthlessness toward the Ukraine, so the Ukrainians hate him. His opinion that Russia should dial up its attacks will gain in popularity in the wake of his daughter’s murder.
Is it just me or does is seem that while our US citizens make the quiet, passive, assumption every day, that we won’t get nuked tomorrow; the Russians are actually talking about how to fix their side of the world’s problems. I have read Putin’s speeches, and oddly enough everything he says makes more clarity than our news outlets makes propaganda. I doubt that our mind-controlling slugs in the deep state stand a chance against an actual organized and vengeful Russian mafia. I can feel a stampede coming for the American exit ramps (Canada/Mexico) once an actual military conflict comes into sight of us sheeplings.
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