Russia’s domestic security agency accused Ukraine on Monday for orchestrating the Saturday killing of Daria Dugina, the daughter of political theorist Alexander Dugin, a nationalist who has advocated a “Russian World.” Ukraine denied any involvement.
Moscow’s Federal Security Service, without providing evidence, also said the assassin fled across the border into Estonia, prompting a cascade of threats in Russian media against the Baltic nation.
Estonian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mihkel Tamm, placed the accusations in the context of Reinsalu’s call for a blanket European Union ban on Russian travel visas.
“We know that the Estonian visa ban and the prospect of a pan-European visa ban is infuriating Russia,” Tamm said on Tuesday.
President Vladimir Putin called Dugina’s killing a “dastardly crime.” Russian legislators and other guests called for vengeance during her televised funeral in Moscow on Tuesday. A Kremlin envoy awarded her the Order of Courage posthumously and other top officials sent condolences.
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Dugina, 29, was killed when the Toyota SUV she was driving exploded about 20km west of the capital on Saturday night, investigators said. Her father, a harsh critic of US geopolitical dominance, has advocated Kremlin control over the Russian-speaking world, including Ukraine. Dugin, 60, was sanctioned by the US in 2015 for his alleged involvement in Moscow’s annexation of Crimea.
