Russia claims Dugina was killed by Ukrainian who then fled to Estonia
MONDAY, 22 AUGUST 2022, 14:20
The FSB claims that the assassination of Dariya Dugina was orchestrated by the Ukrainian special services.
Source: TASS
Details: The assassin is said to be a Ukrainian woman who fled to Estonia after committing the crime.
FSB quote: "It has been established that the crime was prepared and performed by the Ukrainian special services. The perpetrator is a citizen of Ukraine, Natalia Pavlivna Vovk, born in 1979; she arrived in Russia on 23 July 2022, together with her daughter Sofia Mykhailivna Shaban, born in 2010. In order to organize the murder of D. Dugina and acquire information about her way of life, they rented an apartment in Moscow, in the same house where the victim used to live."
Details: The message says that Vovk drove a Cooper Mini to follow the Russian journalist. The FSB claims that when the Ukrainian entered Russia, her vehicle had a licence plate from the so-called "Donetsk People’s Republic"; in Moscow, she used a Kazakh licence plate, and then a Ukrainian one when leaving.
On the day of murder, Vovk and her daughter allegedly visited the "Traditsiya" festival, where Darya Dugina was present, too.
FSB quote: "After the remote detonation of the Toyota Land Cruiser Prado driven by Dugina, Vovk and her daughter left for Estonia via Pskov Oblast on 21 August."
Background:
- On 20 August, a car driven by Darya Dugina exploded not far from Moscow. Dugina was a reporter working for RT, the Russian propaganda outlet and the daughter of Aleksandr Dugin, "Putin’s ideologue".
- The Office of the President of Ukraine denied any involvementby Kyiv in Dugina’s assassination.
- Russian ex-MP Illya Ponomarev stated that so-called National Republican Army assumed responsibility for the murder.
- Russian investigators claimed that the car with Dugina inside was detonated remotely.
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