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Who Killed Daria Dugina?
Daria Dugina and her father, Aleksandr Dugin, have been major figures in the Russian propaganda landscape, advocating Russian imperialism and supporting the invasion of Ukraine.
But a few days ago, Ms. Dugina was killed in a car bomb after leaving a nationalist festival, fueling speculation about who carried out the attack and whether Moscow’s reaction could affect the war in Ukraine.
Guest: Anton Troianovski, the Moscow bureau chief for The New York Times.
Background reading:
- The clamor over the killing of Ms. Dugina highlights the prominence of her fellow pro-war Russian ultranationalists.
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