The daughter of “Putin’s mastermind” was killed in an explosion outside Moscow last fall.
Parts of the bomb that were used were smuggled into the country via Estonia in a cat cage, writes the Washington Post in a new survey.
The assassination was carried out by the Ukrainian security service – which works closely with the CIA.
Last year, Daria Dugina was killed in a car explosion outside Moscow. Daria Dugina is the daughter of one of Vladimir Putin’s chief ideologues, Alexandr Dugin. He has often been called “Putin’s brain” – and it was quickly concluded that the explosion was an act aimed at Alexandr Dugin.
29-year-old Daria Dugina was also an outspoken supporter of the war in Ukraine.
Cat cage from Estonia contained bomb parts
In a new mapping of the cooperation between the American secret intelligence service CIA and the Ukrainian security service SBU, the newspaper reports Washington Post about new details about the murder.
The newspaper has spoken to both Ukrainian and American sources who now state that the operation was orchestrated by the SBU, something that had previously only been speculated about.
A few weeks before the car exploded, a woman and her twelve-year-old daughter crossed the border between Estonia and Russia. The woman had with her a cat cage with a hidden compartment that was never discovered by the Russian border guards. In the compartment were parts of a bomb that was later used to blow up Alexandr Dugin’s car.
The secret union was installed by Ukrainian agents, the newspaper writes.
Spied from the same apartment building
Before the explosion, the woman and daughter are said to have spied on Daria Dugina by moving into an apartment in the same apartment building as her. The bomb was meant for Alexandr Dugin, but killed the wrong person after he decided to get into another car, according to the Washington Post.
The woman was quickly identified by the Russian security service, but has not been arrested because she and her daughter returned to Estonia after the operation.
In its survey of the cooperation between the security services, the newspaper also writes that there is concern among officials in both the United States and Ukraine about the CIA’s cooperation with the SBU – which increased after Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula in 2014.
The CIA has not been directly involved in assassinations carried out by the SBU, according to the sources. However, since 2015, the CIA has spent many millions of dollars on equipment and training of Ukrainian agents.