Darya Dugina, the daughter of Russian political philosopher Alexander Dugin, was killed Saturday in a car bombing in Moscow, CNN and The Guardian report.
Dugina, a journalist and vocal supporter of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, died at the scene after an explosive device detonated in the Toyota Land Cruiser she was driving. Andrei Krasnov, an acquaintance of Dugina, told Russian media the car belonged to Dugin and that "Alexander or probably they together were the target."
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