Ilya Ponomarev, the only member of the Duma (the Russian Parliament) to have voted against the annexation of Crimea to Russia, in 2014, after the takeover of Ukrainian territory by the army, and who now lives as a refugee in kyiv , wrote on Twitter that Russian partisans were behind the car bombing. He affirms that “National Republican Army” is behind this explosion.
On Telegramthe “National Republican Army” claims to want to overthrow the regime of Vladimir Putin: “We Russian activists, military and politicians declare that President Putin usurps authority, changed the Constitution and started a fratricidal war between the Slavic peoples and sent Russian soldiers to a death (…) senseless. We believe that disenfranchised people have the right to rebel against tyrants. Putin will be deposed and destroyed! »
For his part, Denis Pushilin, the leader of the “People’s Republic of Donetsk”, accused Ukrainian forces on Sunday of being behind the assassination. “Ukrainian regime terrorists tried to liquidate Alexander Dugin but blew up his daughter”said Mr Pushilin on Telegram. “If the Ukrainian track is confirmed, (…) and it must be checked by the competent authorities, it will be the policy of state terrorism implemented by the kyiv regime”reacted on the same network the spokesperson for Russian diplomacy, Maria Zakharova.
For his part, the adviser to the Ukrainian presidency Mykhaïlo Podoliak denied any Ukrainian involvement in this attack. “Ukraine definitely had nothing to do with yesterday’s explosion, because we are not a criminal state”he said during a televised intervention.