Darya Dugina had been due to travel with her ultranationalist father and reports suggest he may have been the target
The daughter of an ultranationalist Russian ideologue believed to have had a strong influence onhas been killed in a car bomb on the outskirts of Moscow, according to Russia’s investigative committee.
Darya Dugina, whose father is the Russian political commentator Alexander Dugin, died when the Toyota Land Cruiser she was driving was ripped apart by a powerful explosion about 12 miles west of the capital near the village of Bolshiye Vyazemy at about 9.30pm local time , according to investigators.
Witnesses said debris was thrown all over the road as the car was engulfed in flames before crashing into a fence, according to reports. “An explosive device allegedly installed in a Toyota Land Cruiser car went off at full speed on a public highway, and then the car caught fire,” wrote the investigative committee in its report. “The female driver died on the spot. The identity of the deceased has been established: it is the journalist and political scientist Darya Dugina.”
Andrey Krasnov, a friend of Dugina and the head of the Russian Horizon social movement, confirmed the reports,“This was the father’s vehicle. Darya was driving another car but she took his car today, while Alexander went in a different way. He returned, he was at the site of the tragedy. As far as I understand, Alexander or probably they together were the target,” Krasnov said.
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