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Russia is working to blame another Ukrainian for the killing of political commentator Darya Dugina, the daughter of Alexander Dugin, a prominent Russian philosopher known as “Putin’s Brain,” often credited with shaping Russia’s narrative about Ukraine.
On Monday, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) released a statement identifying Bohdan Tsyganenko as an alleged participant in preparing the car bomb that killed Dugina, according to state news agency TASS.
In their statement, the FSB alleged that he arrived in Russia via transit from Estonia on July 30 and left the day before the attack took place. The FSB, the successor to the Russian KGB, also accused Tsyganenko of preparing a fake ID and fake license plates for an alleged co-conspirator, Natalya Vovk, whom the Russians previously blamed for the fatal attack on August 20.