MOSCOW Hundreds of people attended Daria Dugina’s funeral in Moscow on Tuesday, the daughter of a prominent Russian nationalist who was assassinated in a car explosion in an operation Russia blames on Ukrainian intelligence, while the US embassy in Kyiv warned on Tuesday that Russia may strike civilian and government facilities in Ukraine. Referring to a likely retribution campaign in the coming days.
The bomb that killed his 29-year-old daughter was most certainly targeted at Alexander Dugin, a key backer of Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine who claims to have a strong relationship with President Vladimir Putin.
Ukraine denies any role in the murder.
Many mourners carried roses as they say farewell to Daria, whose open casket was set in the lobby of Moscow’s Ostankino Tower, topped with a black and white portrait of her.
Dugin and his wife sat alongside the coffin, clothed in black.
Russia, as a nation and a people, perished on the battlefield. At the start of the burial, Alexander Dugin declared, “The front is here.”
Daria Dugina was murdered Saturday when a bomb hidden in her car exploded on a highway on the outskirts of Moscow.
Moscow said that the killing was planned by Ukrainian intelligence. However, Kyiv disputes the allegations.
Daria’s father, Alexander Dugin, 60, rose to prominence in Russia during the 1990s intellectual disarray left by the collapse of the communist state.
Dugin distinguished himself by accepting the anti-liberal neo-Eurasian theory that Moscow is called to rescue the globe from the errors of the West by constructing an empire spanning Europe and Asia.
Dugin, who has several television looks and is noted for his long beard that gives him prophetic characteristics, claims to have ideological effect on Putin.
Many believe Dugin had a part in strained ties between Putin and the West, and he has been dubbed “Putin’s brain.”
Putin has never publicly supported Dugin, but the Kremlin released a letter of condolence to the Dugin family on Monday, in which the Russian leader condemned the heinous murder that stole Dugin’s life.
Daria, who was born in 1992, followed in the footsteps of her father Alexander, and her fame has recently risen in the Russian media. She collaborated with the network Russia Today, namely the conservative Tsargrad channel, under the alias Daria Platonova.
The US embassy in Kyiv has advised US citizens to leave Ukraine immediately.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has received evidence that Russia is preparing to conduct strikes against civilian and government infrastructure in Ukraine in the next days, according to a notice posted on the embassy’s website on Tuesday.
The embassy advised its nationals to leave Ukraine as soon as possible via private ground transportation.
On Wednesday, the Russian invasion of Ukraine will reach its seventh month.
Since Russian forces withdrew from the region of Kyiv at the end of March, the majority of fighting have been centred in eastern Ukraine, where Russian forces’ progress has slowed before halting. It is also making modest progress in the south, where Ukrainian forces claim to be mounting a counterattack.
Russia, on the other hand, continues to target Ukrainian cities with long-range missiles, albeit these strikes seldom hit Kiev or its surrounding territories.
The burial of Alexander Dugin’s daughter serves as a pretext for retaliation against Ukraine.
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