Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday that his country would crack down “mercilessly” on those responsible for the car bombing that killed the daughter of pro-Kremlin radical nationalist thinker Alexander Dugin.
“We hope that the investigation will be completed soon. Based on the results of this investigation, there can be no mercy for those who organized, ordered and carried out” the explosion, Lavrov said at a press conference in Moscow.
While Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin, nicknamed “Putin’s Mind,” blamed what he called the “Ukrainian Nazi regime” for the murder of his daughter Darya Dugina, who died after her car was blown up over the weekend near the Russian capital , Moscow. , which is the first comment by a Russian philosopher on the murder of his daughter. Alexander Dugin published a statement on the Telegram channel of his friend Konstantin Malofeev, which reads: “As a result of a terrorist attack committed by the Ukrainian Nazi regime, on August 20, returning from a traditional festival near Moscow, my daughter Daria Dugin was brutally murdered. killed by an explosion in front of my eyes.” As Dugin said of his daughter: “She was a beautiful Orthodox girl, a patriot, a war correspondent, a connoisseur of the central channels, a philosopher. and war.” A philosopher close to Putin added: “She was a rising star at the beginning of her journey. The enemies of Russia secretly killed her. But we, our people, cannot be broken even by such unbearable blows. They wanted to break our will. the weak among us, but they won’t achieve it.” Alexander Dugin continued: “Our hearts yearn for more than just revenge or retribution, this is a small matter, not in Russian, we only need our victory. My daughter laid her first life on her altar, so please win!” He indicated that a memorial service for Daria Dugina would take place on Tuesday, August 23.
Russian President Vladimir Putin also sent a telegram of condolences to the family of Russian journalist Darya Dugina, who was killed in the Moscow region, calling her murder “a vile and cruel crime.” This is stated in the statement of the Kremlin (Russian presidency), published in its Telegram channel on Monday, August 22. In his message of condolences, Putin said it was a “vile and cruel” crime that ended the life of Darya Dugina, whom he called “intelligent and gifted with a truly Russian heart, kind, loving, sympathetic and open.” Putin also said in his condolences: “She is a journalist, scientist, philosopher and war correspondent, she faithfully served the people and Motherland, she has already demonstrated what it means to be a patriot.”
The Kremlin later announced on its official website that President Vladimir Putin had signed a decree awarding Dugin the Order of Courage.
It comes at a time when Moscow accused Kyiv on Monday of killing the daughter of Russian thinker Alexander Dugin, who calls for Ukraine’s annexation to Russia, after her car exploded near the capital Moscow. The FSB of Russia reported that the perpetrator of the murder of journalist Darya Dugina, a citizen of Ukraine, who fled to Estonia after committing the crime, was reported by AFP, citing Russian media.
The service added that the Ukrainian citizen Natalia Vovk, who committed the crime, arrived in Russia on July 23 with her daughter Shaban Sophia, born in 2010. The FSB of Russia also explained that in order to organize the murder of Dugin and obtain information about her lifestyle, she hired a Ukrainian citizen with her daughter an apartment in Moscow in the house where Dugin lives.
