What will Russia do after accusing Ukraine of Dugin bombing? - analysis

Author: Editors Desk Source: The Jerusalem Post

August 22, 2022 at 13:06

Photo credit: Investigative Committee of Russia/Handout via REUTERS

Does Moscow believe that suddenly, after months of war, Ukraine’s secret services suddenly decided that they would target this one person?

Russia accused Ukraine’s “secret services” of being behind the murder of Darya Dugina, the daughter of well-known Russian intellectual Aleksandr Dugin.

“The murder of Russian journalist Darya Dugina has been solved, Russia’s federal security service FSB has said,” according to Russia’s state media TASS. “It was prepared by Ukrainian secret services. The perpetrator - a citizen of Ukraine identified as Natalia Vovk - escaped to Estonia, the FSB’s public relations center stated.”

Days ago, when the explosion happened, Russia was more circumspect. But now the investigation seems open and shut. "As a result of urgent detective measures, the federal security service has solved the murder of Russian journalist Darya Dugina, born in 1992," the FSB stressed. The special service found that "the crime was prepared and committed by Ukrainian secret services,” TASS reported in Moscow.

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