<p>The daughter of Alexader Dugin, a hardline Russian ideologue close to President Vladimir Putin, has been killed in a car bombing on Moscow's outskirts, authorities said on Sunday.</p>.<p>According to family members quoted by Russian media, Dugin -- a vocal supporter of Kremlin's offensive in Ukraine -- was the likely target of the blast as his daughter borrowed his car at the last minute.</p>.<p>Daria Dugina, born in 1992, was killed when a bomb placed in her Toyota Land Cruiser went off as she drove on a highway near the village of Bolshie Vyzyomy, some 40 kilometres (25 miles) outside Moscow, Russia's Investigative Committee said in a statement.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read — <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/zelenskyy-warns-of-ugly-russian-attack-as-ukraine-prepares-to-celebrate-independence-day-1137933.html" target="_blank">Zelenskyy warns of 'ugly' Russian attack as Ukraine prepares to celebrate Independence Day</a></strong></p>.<p>Dugina died on the scene and a homicide investigation has been opened, said the committee, which probes major crime cases in Russia.</p>.<p>Dugin, sometimes called "Putin's Rasputin" or "Putin's brain," is an outspoken Russian ultranationalist intellectual.</p>.<p>He has long advocated the unification of Russian-speaking territories in a vast new Russian empire and wholeheartedly supported Moscow's operation in Ukraine.</p>.<p>He was put on a Western sanctions list after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, a move he also backed.</p>.<p>The head of one of Ukraine's breakaway separatist regions blamed the blast on Kyiv authorities.</p>.<p>"The Ukrainian regime terrorists tried to liquidate Alexander Dugin, but blew up his daughter," DNR chief Denis Pushilin wrote on Telegram.</p>
<p>The daughter of Alexader Dugin, a hardline Russian ideologue close to President Vladimir Putin, has been killed in a car bombing on Moscow's outskirts, authorities said on Sunday.</p>.<p>According to family members quoted by Russian media, Dugin -- a vocal supporter of Kremlin's offensive in Ukraine -- was the likely target of the blast as his daughter borrowed his car at the last minute.</p>.<p>Daria Dugina, born in 1992, was killed when a bomb placed in her Toyota Land Cruiser went off as she drove on a highway near the village of Bolshie Vyzyomy, some 40 kilometres (25 miles) outside Moscow, Russia's Investigative Committee said in a statement.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read — <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/zelenskyy-warns-of-ugly-russian-attack-as-ukraine-prepares-to-celebrate-independence-day-1137933.html" target="_blank">Zelenskyy warns of 'ugly' Russian attack as Ukraine prepares to celebrate Independence Day</a></strong></p>.<p>Dugina died on the scene and a homicide investigation has been opened, said the committee, which probes major crime cases in Russia.</p>.<p>Dugin, sometimes called "Putin's Rasputin" or "Putin's brain," is an outspoken Russian ultranationalist intellectual.</p>.<p>He has long advocated the unification of Russian-speaking territories in a vast new Russian empire and wholeheartedly supported Moscow's operation in Ukraine.</p>.<p>He was put on a Western sanctions list after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, a move he also backed.</p>.<p>The head of one of Ukraine's breakaway separatist regions blamed the blast on Kyiv authorities.</p>.<p>"The Ukrainian regime terrorists tried to liquidate Alexander Dugin, but blew up his daughter," DNR chief Denis Pushilin wrote on Telegram.</p>