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Car bomb near Moscow kills Darya Dugina; Russia's FSB blames Ukraine, which denies it

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Darya Dugina, a commentator and daughter of nationalist writer Alexander Dugin, was killed when a bomb exploded in her car outside Moscow on 20 August. On 22 August the FSB said Ukrainian special services organised the killing and named a Ukrainian woman as the perpetrator; Kyiv denied involvement. In October the New York Times reported that US intelligence believed parts of the Ukrainian government had authorised the attack, which Ukraine again denied.

When
20 August 2022
Where
Moscow oblast, Russia
What
sabotage
Attribution
Attribution contested. Russia's FSB blamed Ukraine; Ukraine denied it; a US intelligence assessment reported by the New York Times pointed to elements of the Ukrainian government.
In the record
Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · monthly summary

Sources

  1. Origin of the claim Al Jazeera Media · Unaffiliated origin: FSB statement of 22 Aug 2022 · published 2022-08-22 00:00 UTC
  2. Origin of the claim Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Media · Unaffiliated origin: Ukrainian officials' denial · published 2022-08-22 00:00 UTC
  3. Evidence Al Jazeera Media · Unaffiliated origin: New York Times report citing US intelligence officials · published 2022-10-06 00:00 UTC

History

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