Russian FSB names second Ukrainian suspect in Daria Dugina murder

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has named a second Ukrainian national as a suspect in the murder of pro-war pundit Daria Dugina, Interfax reported on Monday, August 29.

Dugina, the daughter of prominent Eurasianist philosopher Alexander Dugin, was killed on August 20, when the vehicle she was driving exploded in a Moscow suburb. Two days later, the FSB accused the Ukrainian intelligence services of orchestrating the killing and identified a Ukrainian national named Natalya Vovk as the alleged perpetrator. Kyiv has denied any involvement, attributing the murder to groups inside Russia.

In a statement on Monday, the FSB accused a Ukrainian citizen named Bogdan Tsyganenko of being Vovk’s accomplice, alleging that they were both members of a “Ukrainian sabotage and terrorist group” that planned and carried out the killing. According to the FSB, Tsyganenko secured forged licenses plates and documents for Vovk, and helped her assemble the bomb that killed Dugina. 

The FSB also said that Tsyganenko arrived in Russia on July 30 after transiting through Estonia and left Russia the day before Dugina’s killing.