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Photo of Daria Dugina at a funeral service for her in Moscow in August
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The case had caused an international stir in August - and political upheaval: On August 20, a bomb exploded near Moscow on the car of Darja Dugina, daughter of the ultra-right and imperialist ideologue Alexander Dugin.
The 29-year-old philosopher and publicist died.
She was an ardent supporter of the war of aggression against neighboring Ukraine, which she denied its right to exist.
She was also like-minded and confidante of her father, spreading his radical and ultra-nationalist theses.
Shortly after the crime, the investigators accused a suspect from Ukraine who was put out to search.
Russia blames Ukrainian secret services for the attack.
Kyiv denies any involvement.
To this day, it is not clear who is behind the alleged assassination and whether Dugin himself was the victim.
Two new media reports were published on Wednesday that deal with the background of the crime.
Accordingly, US intelligence services assume that "parts of the Ukrainian government" approved the assassination attempt.
The United States had no prior knowledge of the plans, the New York Times newspaper and then CNN reported on Wednesday.
They referred to unnamed sources.
Accordingly, this new development was first discussed within the US government last week.
High-ranking officials from Kyiv denied involvement in the assassination when confronted with the latest findings from the American secret services.
It is not clear who exactly approved the attack, according to the two reports.
US government officials have warned Ukrainian officials about the assassination.
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