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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Aleksandrovna and the family name is Dugina.

Darya Dugina
Дарья Дугина
Dugina in 2022
Personal details
Born(1992-12-15)15 December 1992
Moscow, Russia
Died20 August 2022(2022-08-20) (aged 29)
Bolshiye Vyazyomy, Odintsovsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Parents
Alma materMoscow State University
Occupation
  • Activist
  • journalist

Darya Aleksandrovna Dugina (Russian: Дарья Александровна Дугина; 15 December 1992 – 20 August 2022), also known as Daria Platonova (Russian: Дарья Платонова), was a Russian journalist and political activist. She was the daughter of Aleksandr Dugin, a Russian far-right political philosopher and a supporter of Russian president Vladimir Putin, whose political views she also shared.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Born on 15 December 1992 in Moscow,[4][5] Darya Dugina was the daughter of Aleksandr Dugin and his second wife, a philosopher Natalya Melentyeva. While studying at Moscow State University, in 2012/2013 she was an intern at Bordeaux Montaigne University, specializing in Ancient Greek philosophy.[6] She completed her postgraduate studies at Moscow State University's Faculty of Philosophy in 2015.[5]

Career and activism

After university, she worked as a journalist, writing for the state-controlled media outlet RT and the pro-Kremlin conservative channel Tsargrad, using the pen name Daria Platonova.[4][5][7][8]

According to the United States Department of the Treasury, which added her on the U.S. sanctions list on 3 March 2022, she was the chief editor of a disinformation website called United World International which it says is owned by Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin, who also controls the state-backed Wagner Group.[9][10][11] At the same time, she served as a press secretary of her father.[6]

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Dugina was an outspoken supporter of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. In particular, she claimed that the war crimes against Ukrainian civilians by the Russian army during the invasion were staged.[12] In June 2022, she visited occupied Donetsk and Mariupol.[8] On 4 July 2022, she was sanctioned by the British government, which accused her being a "frequent and high-profile contributor of disinformation in relation to Ukraine and the Russian invasion of Ukraine on various online platforms".[13][14][8][15] She responded by saying that she is an ordinary journalist and should not have been sanctioned.[6]

Death

Dugina died at the age of 29 on 20 August 2022 in the settlement of Bolshiye Vyazyomy outside Moscow, when her car exploded.[16][1] She was driving to Moscow after attending the annual festival "Tradition", which describes itself as a family festival for art lovers.[1] Investigators said an explosive device was planted in the car.[17] It is unclear whether she was targeted directly, or whether her father, who had been expected to travel with her but switched to another car at the last minute, was the real target of the assassination attempt.[1]

The head of the Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin, claimed that Ukrainian authorities were behind the explosion,[18] while they denied any involvement.[1]

Ilya Ponomarev, a former member of Russia’s Duma now living in exile in Ukraine, claimed that a Russian partisan group going by the name "National Republican Army (NRA)" was responsible for the attack.[19]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Sands, Leo (21 August 2022). "Darya Dugina: Daughter of Putin ally killed in Moscow bomb". BBC News. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  2. ^ Tidman, Zoe (21 August 2022). "Daughter of Putin's 'spiritual guide' killed in car bomb 'meant for her father'". The Independent. Retrieved 21 August 2022. Darya Dugina was driving in her far-right father Alexander Dugin's vehicle [...] His daughter was a political scientist and journalist who held similar views to her father.
  3. ^ "Russia Probes Car Bomb That Killed Daughter of Putin Ideologist". Bloomberg News. 21 August 2022.
  4. ^ a b Consolidated list of financial sanctions targets in the UK (PDF). United Kingdom: Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation. 9 August 2022. §244. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 August 2022.
  5. ^ a b c ""Когда темнеет небо"... Погибла дочь Александра Дугина, наш очень близкий друг" ["When The Sky Darkens" ... The Daughter of Alexander Dugin, our very close friend, died]. Tsargrad TV (in Russian). 21 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  6. ^ a b c "Я с гордостью несу это знамя — быть дочерью и продолжать битву отца" [I carry this banner with pride - to be a daughter and continue the father's battle]. Meduza. 21 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Daria Douguine: la guerre en Ukraine, 'un choc des civilisations mondialiste et eurasienne' [Interview]". breizh-info (in French). 25 May 2022.[unreliable source?]
    "Darya Platonova: The War in Ukraine a Clash of Globalist and Eurasian Civilizations". geopolitika.ru. Translated by Pacini, Lorenzo Maria. 27 May 2022.[unreliable source?]
  8. ^ a b c "Чем известны Дарья Дугина, погибшая при взрыве машины, и её отец" [What are Daria Dugina, who died in a car explosion, and her father known for?]. fontanka.ru (in Russian). 21 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Treasury Sanctions Russians Bankrolling Putin and Russia-Backed Influence Actors". United States Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Daughter of Putin ally Alexander Dugin killed in car bomb in Moscow". The Guardian. 21 August 2022.
  11. ^ Galeotti, Mark (21 August 2022). "What the Dugin assassination tells us about Russia". The Spectator.
  12. ^ Quinn, Allison (21 August 2022). "Daughter of Putin propagandist killed in car bombing outside Moscow, reports say". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  13. ^ Roth, Andrew; Farrer, Martin (21 August 2022). "Daughter of Putin ally Alexander Dugin killed by car bomb in Moscow". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  14. ^ Troianovski, Anton (21 August 2022). "Daria Dugina was a Russian hawk who railed against the West's 'global hegemony.'". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  15. ^ "Darya Aleksandrovna DUGINA". www.opensanctions.org. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  16. ^ "Daughter of Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin killed in car explosion". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  17. ^ "Daughter of Russian ideologue killed in suspected car bomb attack". Reuters. 21 August 2022.
  18. ^ "Car Bomb Kills Daughter of Kremlin Hardline Ideologue". The Moscow Times. 21 August 2022.
  19. ^ "Ex-Russian MP claims Russian partisans responsible for Moscow car bomb". theguardian.com. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
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