Assassins were convinced that Dugin was with his daughter in car – Former Russian MP

Roman Petrenko — Monday, 22 August 2022, 23:06

Former member of the Russian State Duma, Ilya Ponomarev, stated that Russian propagandist Darya Dugina would not have been assassinated if the bombers knew that her father was not in the car.

Source: Ilya Ponomarev in an interview with Russian Latvia-based media agency "Meduza"

Details: Ilya Ponomarev revealed his involvement with the National Republican Army of the Russian Federation, which claimed responsibility over the propagandist's assassination.

The politician was sure that the assassins would not have pressed the button if they had known that the daughter was alone in the car, not accompanied by the father.

Quote: "I don't think so, but they saw two people getting into the car. And they assumed that the other one was Dugin."

And who the other person was and what happened to him or her, we do not know [this interview was the first public mention of another person allegedly present in Dugina's car – ed.]."

More details: Ilya Ponomarev also called Dugin one of the perpetrators of the terrorist attack committed against the fighters of Azov Regiment in Olenivka.

Background:

• On 20 August, a car driven by Darya Dugina exploded in the suburbs of 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 Kyiv's involvement in Dugina's assassination.
• Russian FSB claimed that the assassination of Dariya Dugina was orchestrated by the Ukrainian special services.