Since Vladimir Putin first came to power, many of his critics and supporters have died in strange and violent circumstances. But the fiery death of Darya Dugina is different.
Some speculate forces within the Kremlin concocted a so-called "false flag operation" to justify a new phase of the war in Ukraine, and to force potentially restless Russian elites back into line.
And for some, it has brought back memories of the era before Putin came to power, when Russia was dominated by gang violence and instability.The 1990s were a turbulent time in Russia. It was a decade which saw the demise of the Communist Party, failed coups, economic collapse, political upheaval and a rapid rise in violent crime.
Car bombs, drive-by shootings and knife attacks are etched in the minds of many who lived through this violent period As government and law enforcement struggled to keep pace with the changes taking place in Russia's society, gangs operated with impunity.Andrei D Konstantinov, a Saint Petersburg-based mafia expert, told the New York TimesBut that all changed on New Year's Eve in 1999, when a former KGB officer turned political operative was made acting president.
Political figures and journalists were gunned down in the street or fell mysteriously ill, while high-ranking separatists in the newly claimed Chechen Republic were tortured and executed.
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