Daughter of Russian ideologue killed in suspected car bomb attack

The daughter of an eminent Russian ideologue has been killed in a suspected car bomb attack outside Moscow, Russian state investigators said on Sunday. Investigators said, Darya Dugina, daughter of prominent ideologue Alexander Dugin, was killed last evening after a suspected explosive device blew up the Toyota Land Cruiser she was driving. 

The Russian Foreign Ministry speculated that Ukraine might have been behind the attack. However, Ukraine denied any involvement.



Russian government newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta reported, father and daughter had been attending a festival outside Moscow and Dugin had decided to switch cars at the last minute. The head of Russia's Investigative Committee ordered the institution's central branch to take over the investigation.

Alexander Dugin, Darya's father, has long advocated the unification of Russian-speaking and other territories in a vast new Russian empire.