The daughter of Alexander Dugin, a prominent supporter of Vladimir Putin, has died after a car exploded on a motorway outside Moscow on Saturday night.
Mr Dugin, 60, a self-styled philosopher, is well known in Russian media as a hardline nationalist and supporter of the war in Ukraine.
Darya Dugina, 29, was killed instantly on Saturday evening about 20 kilometres west of the Russian capital, the government-linked Tass news agency reported.
Andrei Krasnov, a Dugin family friend, told Tass he believed Mr Dugin, to whom the Toyota Land Cruiser belonged, was the intended target of the car bomb.
Russian authorities have launched a murder investigation.
The head of one of Ukraine's breakaway separatist regions blamed the blast on authorities in Kyiv.
"The Ukrainian regime terrorists tried to liquidate Alexander Dugin, but blew up his daughter," DNR chief Denis Pushilin wrote on Telegram.
Mr Dugin has long supported the annexation of parts of Ukraine by Russia, including Crimea, as well as Russian military intervention for Moscow to regain control of former Soviet republics, such as Georgia.
After the 2008 Russia-Georgia conflict, which involved heavy fighting over the disputed South Ossetia region, he said Russia should “do the same thing in Ukraine”.
At times referred to as "Putin's brain", Mr Dugin has long advocated the unification of Russian-speaking territories in a vast, new Russian empire and wholeheartedly supported Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
He founded the Eurasia Party, which was banned in Ukraine in 2007 after supporters of the group were accused of vandalising a national monument.
The US imposed sanctions on him in 2015 for his alleged involvement in Moscow's annexation of Crimea.
Dugina, a journalist, was herself the subject of US and UK sanctions this year. Britain called her a “high-profile contributor of disinformation” about Russia’s war in Ukraine.
She had expressed similar views to those held by her father and had appeared as a commentator on the nationalist TV channel Tsargrad.
“Dasha, like her father, has always been at the forefront of confrontation with the West,” Tsargrad said on Sunday, using the familiar form of her name.
In the hours before her death, Dugina had been at a cultural festival with her father.
"I hope Dugin understands that this is only his fault," Inna Sovsun, a Ukrainian MP, said after the killing. "And I will actually quote Dugin himself: 'What doesn't kill me, kills someone else.' In this case, his daughter."
Who is Mohammed Al Halbousi?
The new speaker of Iraq’s parliament Mohammed Al Halbousi is the youngest person ever to serve in the role.
The 37-year-old was born in Al Garmah in Anbar and studied civil engineering in Baghdad before going into business. His development company Al Hadeed undertook reconstruction contracts rebuilding parts of Fallujah’s infrastructure.
He entered parliament in 2014 and served as a member of the human rights and finance committees until 2017. In August last year he was appointed governor of Anbar, a role in which he has struggled to secure funding to provide services in the war-damaged province and to secure the withdrawal of Shia militias. He relinquished the post when he was sworn in as a member of parliament on September 3.
He is a member of the Al Hal Sunni-based political party and the Sunni-led Coalition of Iraqi Forces, which is Iraq’s largest Sunni alliance with 37 seats from the May 12 election.
He maintains good relations with former Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki’s State of Law Coaliton, Hadi Al Amiri’s Badr Organisation and Iranian officials.
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Key findings of Jenkins report
- Founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hassan al Banna, "accepted the political utility of violence"
- Views of key Muslim Brotherhood ideologue, Sayyid Qutb, have “consistently been understood” as permitting “the use of extreme violence in the pursuit of the perfect Islamic society” and “never been institutionally disowned” by the movement.
- Muslim Brotherhood at all levels has repeatedly defended Hamas attacks against Israel, including the use of suicide bombers and the killing of civilians.
- Laying out the report in the House of Commons, David Cameron told MPs: "The main findings of the review support the conclusion that membership of, association with, or influence by the Muslim Brotherhood should be considered as a possible indicator of extremism."
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The top three teams progress to the Asia Qualifier
Final: UAE beat Qatar by nine wickets
Third-place play-off: Kuwait beat Saudi Arabia by five runs
Table
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2 Qatar 5 4 1 8
3 Saudi 5 3 2 6
4 Kuwait 5 2 3 4
5 Bahrain 5 1 4 2
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What sanctions would be reimposed?
Under ‘snapback’, measures imposed on Iran by the UN Security Council in six resolutions would be restored, including:
- An arms embargo
- A ban on uranium enrichment and reprocessing
- A ban on launches and other activities with ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons, as well as ballistic missile technology transfer and technical assistance
- A targeted global asset freeze and travel ban on Iranian individuals and entities
- Authorisation for countries to inspect Iran Air Cargo and Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines cargoes for banned goods
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Red flags
- Promises of high, fixed or 'guaranteed' returns.
- Unregulated structured products or complex investments often used to bypass traditional safeguards.
- Lack of clear information, vague language, no access to audited financials.
- Overseas companies targeting investors in other jurisdictions - this can make legal recovery difficult.
- Hard-selling tactics - creating urgency, offering 'exclusive' deals.
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- On sale: 2026
- Price: Not announced yet
