Kyiv denies any involvement in death of daughter of ultranationalist Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin
Maria Zakharova, a spokesperson for the Russian foreign ministry, said that if a Ukrainian link was confirmed and was verified by the competent authorities, “then we should talk about the policy of state terrorism implemented by the Kyiv regime”.
Keir Giles, a Russia expert at the Chatham House thinktank, said it was unclear whether Ponomarev’s claims about the NRA were true: “How the Kremlin will respond depends on whether this is a genuine resistance movement or a Russia-style complex conspiracy of smoke and mirrors – and we may not know for some time yet.”
Dugin is known for developing an extreme rightwing view of Russia’s place in the world and had previously advocated violence against Ukraine, while his daughter held similar views. He has been described as aSome claim he helped shape the Russian president’s expansionist foreign policy. But the influence of Dugin over Putin remains a subject for speculation, with many insiders saying his sway over the Kremlin was minimal.
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