Dugina, a journalist and daughter of Alexander Dugin, died Saturday night in an explosion while driving her car on the Mozhayskoye highway in the Moscow region after leaving a music festival. Authorities said an explosive device placed under the car had exploded and the government temporarily declared it a “terrorist attack” and pointed the finger at Ukrainians and Americans.
Ukrainian Denis Pushilin, head of the donetsk People’s Republic separatists, blamed the explosion on “Ukrainian regime terrorists seeking to kill Alexander Dugin. “
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But some went even further, such as political analyst Yegor Kholmogorov, who told the Russian newspaper Pravda that the attack was “undoubtedly” prepared through American and British intelligence and carried out through “Ukrainian saboteurs. “not to have planned such a “bold” sabotage.
Dugin, one of Putin’s closest allies and nicknamed “Putin’s brain,” also at the music festival and allegedly intended to be with his daughter after leaving the event, but replaced her brain at the last minute.
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Some experts who spoke to Russian media described Dugin betting on a central role in Putin’s inner circle, a role that allowed him to publicize an ideology on which Putin relied for his entire invasion.
“His father, Alexander Dugin, is the mastermind of the Russian invasion of Ukraine,” Koffler said, calling him a “symbol of the Russian world” for pushing his vision of Eurasianism, which is important to Putin’s entire base in waging his war in Ukraine.
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“One perceives Putin’s thinking and why he is waging war against Ukraine without knowing Dugin and Eurasianism. Putin’s doctrine and strategy are developed around this ideology, at the center of which is the concept of Russian exceptionalism,” he continued. “Similar to the concept of the American exception, the sense of uniqueness is deeply rooted in the Russian psyche. It is because of this ideology, Eurasianism, that Putin will not prevent his war against Ukraine. “
Duma member Vladimir Gutenev told Russian media outlet RG that Alexander Dugin’s concepts are widespread in Russia, calling Dugina’s death an “attack on the ideological front” and saying Russia will have to give a “swift” response.
Andrey Klishas, head of the Federation Council’s State Building Committee, echoed this sentiment, saying that anyone involved in the “attack” “be destroyed. “
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“The fact that a blow has been dealt against Alexander Dugin suggests that our enemies are extremely afraid of the non-secular component of our struggle,” he told RG. “This fight is the maximum. “
Peter Aitken is a Fox News Digital reporter specializing in national news.