Daria Duguina’s funeral took place in Moscow on Tuesday
Several hundred people gathered on Tuesday in Moscow for the funeral of Daria Douguina, the daughter of an ultranationalist ideologue, supporting the offensive in Ukraine killed in the explosion of her car, an attack that Moscow blames on kyiv.
Daria Douguina was killed on Saturday evening in the explosion of the vehicle she was driving on a road near Moscow. She was 29 years old. Journalist and political scientist, she was the daughter of Alexandre Douguine, an ultranationalist ideologist and writer promoting an imperialist doctrine. Like her father, she was a fierce supporter of the Russian offensive in Ukraine.
On Tuesday, hundreds of people, including relatives and politicians, gathered in front of Daria Douguina’s coffin, above which a portrait of her had been hung, AFP noted. “She died at the front for the nation, for Russia. The forehead is here”said Mr. Dougin in a trembling voice, his eyes darkened.
Less than forty-eight hours after the death of Daria Dugina, the Russian security services (FSB) said on Monday that they had concluded that the attack had been prepared and carried out by the Ukrainian intelligence services. kyiv has denied any involvement.
In a message of condolence, the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, denounced a “despicable, cruel crime”who has “prematurely ended the life of Daria Duguina, a brilliant and talented person with a truly Russian heart”. Mr. Putin also awarded him, posthumously, the Order of Courage.
Promoter of eurasism, an imperialist doctrine advocating an alliance between Europe and Asia, under Russian leadership, Alexander Dougin has been targeted, since 2014, by sanctions from the European Union. Media personality and polyglot, he is influential in part of the European far right. Nicknamed by some media “Putin’s Brain”, Mr. Dougin is sometimes presented as being close to the Russian president. But the latter has never publicly supported him and many observers put his influence in the Kremlin into perspective.