MOSCOW (AP) — The daughter of a Russian nationalist ideologist who’s also known as “Putin’s mind” was killed when her automotive exploded on the outskirts of Moscow, officers mentioned Sunday.

The Investigative Committee department for the Moscow area mentioned the Saturday evening blast was brought on by a bomb planted within the SUV pushed by Daria Dugina.

The 29-year-old was the daughter of Alexander Dugin, a distinguished proponent of the “Russian world” idea ideology and a vehement supporter of Russia’s sending of troops into Ukraine.

Dugina expressed comparable views and had appeared as a commentator on the nationalist TV channel Tsargrad.

“Dasha, like her father, has at all times been on the forefront of confrontation with the West,” Tsargrad mentioned on Sunday, utilizing the acquainted type of her identify.

The explosion occurred as Dugina was getting back from a cultural competition she had attended along with her father. Some Russian media experiences cited witnesses as saying the car belonged to her father and that he had determined on the final minute to journey in one other automotive.

No suspects had been instantly recognized. However Denis Pushilin, president of the separatist Donetsk Folks’s Republic that may be a focus of Russia’s preventing in Ukraine, blamed it on “terrorists of the Ukrainian regime, making an attempt to kill Alexander Dugin.”