Daughter of ‘Putin’s brain’ killed in car bomb attack in Russia

Vladimir Putin’s “spiritual guide” Alexander Dugin has been forced to watch his daughter burn in a car bomb attack.

Vladimir Putin’s “spiritual guide” Alexander Dugin narrowly escaped a car-bomb attack that blew up his propagandist daughter, reports say.

The neo-Nazi mystic – said to be an architect of Ukraine war and dubbed “Putin’s Rasputin” – switched cars at the last minute on Saturday evening (local time), The Sun reported.

He and his daughter were guests of honour at the Tradition family festival at the Zakharovo estate and had planned to leave together, according to violinist and friend Peter Lundstrem.

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Darya Dugina the daughter of Aleksandr Dugin, was killed in a car bombing.

Alexander Dugin is an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and strategist behind Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine.

But Dugin hopped into another vehicle and unknowingly dodged the attempted assassination, according to reports.

Minutes later the far-right racist philosopher was pictured holding his head in horror as he stood amid the aftermath of the explosion.

Darya is said to have been killed instantly when her Toyota Land Cruiser Prado erupted in a fireball blast in Bolshie Vyazemy, on the outskirts of Russia’s capital, Gazeta reports.

Putin’s spiritual guide Alexander Dugin pictured at the scene of the blast. Picture: Twitter/@UrgentAlertNews

She had become a public figure in her own right as a “political analyst” and editor of pro-Putin publication United World International.

Hours before her reported death, Darya had been pictured strolling through the prestigious event with her father, the philosopher known as “Putin’s Brain”.

Darya Dugina died after a bomb detonated in the Toyota Land Cruiser.

Local media quickly labelled the explosion as an assassination attempt on the Russian author.

Putin stooge, Denis Pusilin, leader of the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic, claimed Dugin was the intended target.

I doubt the rumour that the assassination attempt was supposed to be on Alexander Dugin instead of his daughter Darya Dugina. It was her car they stuck the bomb to. Do not doubt the level of evil the enemy is capable of. They knew that this would devastate him. pic.twitter.com/dhk1XEgJ8l

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He confirmed Darya was dead and pointed the blame at “terrorists of the Ukrainian regime”.

He said on Telegram: “Blessed memory of Daria, she is a real Russian girl!”

Darya was placed on the sanctions list by the UK and the US back in April for running a “platform for Russian ultranationalists to spread disinformation and propaganda.”

In March she had appeared in an interview with Russian YouTuber Nikolai Rosov in which she branded the West and Europe “totalitarian racists, colonialists, and Nazis.”

The father and daughter had originally planned to be travel in the same car after leaving an event together. Picture: Twitter

She staunchly supported the invasion of Ukraine, calling for “absolute unity” in her country, adding: “No [other] voices are allowed.”

Her famous father Dugin has no official role in government but is said to be a close pal and hugely influential adviser to the Russian President.

He co-founded the National Bolshevik Party in 1993, before becoming a prominent fascist figure and Putin backer.

Dugin hopped into another vehicle and unknowingly dodged the attempted assassination. Picture: BBC Network

Sporting a massive bedraggled beard like his namesake, Alexander long called for an invasion of Ukraine and chillingly believes that Moscow has the right to rule over all of Europe and Asia.

His writings – which have been required reading for Russian soldiers – proclaim a paranoid world view promoting his demand for Moscow control everything “from Vladivostok to Dublin”.

He is most famous for his 1997 book Foundations of Geopolitics, which sets out his ultranationalist and Neo-Fascist ideology of Eurasianism.

A burnt out Toyota Land Cruiser Prado was pictured at the scene. Picture: Twitter

He also came up with the extremist notion of “new Russia” – which is said to have inspired Putin to annex Crimea in 2014 before setting his sights on the rest of Ukraine.

Dugin believes Russia is the modern-day reincarnation of the ancient “Hyperboreans” – who need to stand at odds with the modern-day “Atlanteans”, the United States.

Experts have warned the current war in Ukraine could have granted Dugin a “new field for influence” over the Kremlin.

This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission