Daughter of Russian nationalist killed in alleged bomb attack

Darya Dugina, daughter of prominent Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin, was killed on Saturday evening in a suspected car bomb attack outside Moscow.

Investigators working at the scene of a car explosion that killed Daria Dugina, the daughter of a staunch ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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A suspected explosive device blew up the Toyota Land Cruiser she was driving, according to Russian investigators, Reuters has reported.

Ukraine has denied any involvement in the incident.

Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky said: "Ukraine definitely has nothing to do with this, because we are not a criminal state, which the Russian Federation is, and even more so, we are not a terrorist state."

Dugina was the daughter of ultra-nationalist Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin, who has long advocated Russia absorbing Ukraine.

In 2015, the United States imposed sanctions on Dugin for being "responsible for or complicit in actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, stability, or sovereignty or territorial integrity of Ukraine."

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Source: Reuters