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| Putin's war guru Alexander Dugin ‘suffers heart attack' after dodging assassination attempt that wiped out daughter |
| 2022-08-24 |
| [UK Sun] VLADIMIR Putin's so-called "spiritual mastermind" has suffered a suspected heart attack after surviving an attempt on his life, reports have claimed. Alexander Dugin, the man sometimes described as "Putin's brain", is in hospital following the blast that wiped out his 30-year-old daughter Darya Dugina. Kremlin analyst Olga Lautman reported that Dugin had suffered a heart attack, quoting his close ally Sergei Markov. Markov posted on his Telegram channel: "Poor Alexander Dugin. He is in the hospital now. Our huge condolences." Speaking to Russian state news agency RIA-Novosti, Markov also laid the blame for the attack on Ukrainian security services. Another counter-intelligence account @KremlinTrolls also reported the news of Dugin's alleged heart attack, hinting that Russian security service the FSB had tried to take Dugin's life a second time. Conflicting reports suggest Dugin either suffered a heart attack or a nervous breakdown following the killing of his daughter. His official Twitter account posted a short statement early Monday morning reading simply: "Update, Alexander Dugin is in the hospital under guard." Novochuck will kick in shortly. |
| Posted by:Snash Shairt9621 |
| #12 The alleged bomber used the daughter of Dugin as a vector to Dugin, not as a target in herself (relatively useless by comparison). |
| Posted by: Chealing Chomotle4158 2022-08-24 22:43 |
| #11 Pretty sure father was the target. They drove to the festival together. Expectation is they would drive back together. “It’s her father’s car,” Krasnov told TASS. “Dasha (Darya) drives another car, but she drove his car today, and Alexander went separately,” Andrei Krasnov, head of the Russky Gorizont (Russian Horizon) social movement and a personal acquaintance of Dugina’s family, told TASS. |
| Posted by: Snash Shairt9621 2022-08-24 20:11 |
| #10 Despite lack of information and no access to the intel services, we all know exactly who did it - depending on our personal biases and prior beliefs, of course. I've been doing a bit of background reading on Dugin and while he has some interesting ideas, he does not seem to be Putin's right hand Rasputin as portrayed in the Western media. Significant perhaps, but not critical. Given that the alleged assassin seemed to be stalking the daughter, I'm wondering if Dugina was the actual target with the goal of either shutting down her reportage on sensitive subjects or sending a message to Dad. The name "bellingcat" has been mentioned. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2022-08-24 19:15 |
| #9 "#6 #5^ That's the most likely scenario. But the alternative is that the liberal world order has started killing dissident intellectual. " buttttt....there are more poor people than all the liberal world...until after mRNA. |
| Posted by: Thruper Gravimp9761 2022-08-24 18:10 |
| #8 By the way, all /sarc. I know, a little dark. Maybe e'en off the mark. But in my ball park. I'm still on Vlad's side, against those dastardly liberal world order beeyatches! |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2022-08-24 13:35 |
| #7 Vlad the Chad had this guy that was rad. The brains to his brawn (just a pawn). What they didn't know about him, was that he was also quite mad. And now it's awaited, with breaths bated. The collapse of the Czar, his shitty war. For how is he to function, without his only thinking organ? Sad? A tad? No? |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2022-08-24 13:33 |
| #6 #5^ That's the most likely scenario. But the alternative is that the liberal world order has started killing dissident intellectual. Which should be food for thought to everyone here. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2022-08-24 11:26 |
| #5 Dugin has realized he was supposed to be in that SUV with his daughter. They were pawns being sacrificed by Putin to expand his domestic options. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2022-08-24 10:08 |
| #4 If something like happened to my daughter, I reckon I would have a heart attack too. As a father to another father, I feel for his great loss. |
| Posted by: Bernardz 2022-08-24 09:05 |
| #3 Um, he may be right about UNESCO..... |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2022-08-24 09:04 |
| #2 No green bananas for Dugin. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-08-24 08:35 |
| #1 Dugin also believes that the world is ruled by ancient clans of vampires. And that e.g. UNESCO is a continuation of the Freemason order. Just saying. It's all in his numerous books and articles. I've skimmed through some of them in the past, out of interest. It's, like, Aleister Crowley meets the Protocols of Zion meets /r/conspiracy. Some of the books titles alone could be a hint. |
| Posted by: Tiny Jeater6933 2022-08-24 08:34 |