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WORLD NEWS Monday 22 august 2022

Car blast kills daughter of Russian known as 'Putin's brain'

MOSCOW (AP) — The the Moscow region."
daughter of an influential While Dugin's exact ties to
Russian political theorist of- Putin are unclear, the Krem-
ten referred to as "Putin's lin frequently echoes rheto-
brain" was killed in a car ric from his writings and ap-
bombing on the outskirts pearances on Russian state
of Moscow, authorities said TV. He helped popularize
Sunday. the "Novorossiya," or "New
The Moscow branch of Russia" concept that Rus-
the Russian Investigative sia used to justify the 2014
Committee said prelimi- annexation of Ukraine's
nary information indicated Crimean Peninsula and its
29-year-old TV commenta- support of separatist rebels
tor Daria Dugina was killed in eastern Ukraine.
by an explosive planted in He promotes Russia as a
the SUV she was driving Sat- In this handout photo taken from video released by Investiga- country of piety, traditional
urday night. tive Committee of Russia on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022, investigators values and authoritarian
work on the site of explosion of a car driven by Daria Dugina
There was no immediate outside Moscow. leadership, and disdains
claim of responsibility. But Associated Press Western liberal values.
the bloodshed gave rise to His daughter expressed
suspicions that the intend- witnesses as saying the SUV ment, saying, "We are not a similar views and had ap-
ed target was her father, belonged to Dugin and criminal state, unlike Russia, peared as a commentator
Alexander Dugin, a nation- that he had decided at and definitely not a terror- on the nationalist TV chan-
alist philosopher and writer. the last minute to travel in ist state." Political analyst nel Tsargrad, where Dugin
Dugin is a prominent pro- another vehicle. Abbas Gallyamov, a for- had served as chief editor.
ponent of the "Russian The car bombing, unusual mer speechwriter for Putin, Dugina herself was sanc-
world" concept, a spiritual for Moscow, is likely to ag- called the attack "an act tioned by the United States
and political ideology that gravate tensions between of intimidation" aimed at in March for her work as
emphasizes traditional val- Russia and Ukraine. Kremlin loyalists. chief editor of United World
ues, the restoration of Rus- Denis Pushilin, president To them, he said, "this is a International, a website
sia's power and the unity of of the separatist Donetsk symbolic act, demonstrat- that the U.S. described as a
all ethnic Russians through- People's Republic, the pro- ing that hostilities have disinformation source. The
out the world. He is also a Moscow region that is a been confidently trans- sanctions announcement
vehement supporter of Rus- focus of Russia's fighting in ferred to the territory of Rus- cited a United World article
sian President Vladimir Pu- Ukraine, blamed the blast sia, which means that this is this year that contended
tin's move sending troops on "terrorists of the Ukraini- no longer an abstract war Ukraine would "perish" if it
into Ukraine. an regime, trying to kill Al- that you watch on TV," he were admitted to NATO.
The explosion took place as exander Dugin." said. "This is already hap- Dugina, "like her father, has
his daughter was returning Mykhailo Podolyak, an pening in Russia. Not only always been at the fore-
from a cultural festival she adviser to Ukrainian Presi- Crimea is being bombed, front of confrontation with
had attended with him. dent Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but terrorist attacks are al- the West," Tsargrad said
Russian media reports cited denied Ukrainian involve- ready being carried out in Sunday.q

Pope voices worry over bishop's detention in Nicaragua

By FRANCES D'EMILIO that he was closely follow-
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope ing with "worry and sorrow"
Francis voiced worry Sun- events in Nicaragua that
day about the situation in involve "persons and insti-
Nicaragua, where police tutions." He didn't mention
detained several Roman the detentions.
Catholic clergy, including "I would like to express my
a bishop, critical of Presi- conviction and my hope
dent Daniel Ortega's ad- that through means of
ministration. open and sincere dia-
Calling for "open and sin- logue, one can still find the
cere dialogue," the pontiff bases for respectful and
made his first public com- peaceful co-existence,''
ment on the Friday raid of the pope said. Pope Francis addresses the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square
Matagalpa Bishop Rolan- Before Friday's pre-dawn at The Vatican, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022, during his traditional Sun-
do Alvarez's residence. The raid, Nicaraguan authori- day noon appearance.
detention of him and an ties had accused the bish- Associated Press
unknown number of priests op of "organizing violent
came amid worsening ten- groups" and inciting them Matagalpa to recover nor- sense of responsibility, that
sions between the church "to carry out acts of hate malcy." It didn't cite specif- never materialized," the
and a government increas- against the population." ic charges. statement said. "With the
ingly intolerant of dissent. The National Police con- "For several days, a posi- continuation of the desta-
Francis told thousands of firmed the detentions, tive communication from bilizing and provocative
people gathered in St. Pe- saying the operation was the Matagalpa diocese activities, the aforemen-
ter's Square for his custom- carried out to allow "the was awaited with a lot of tioned public order opera-
ary Sunday noon remarks citizenry and families of patience, prudence and tion became necessary."q