Posted on 08/28/2022 12:03:53 PM PDT by Timber Rattler
When a car bomb exploded on the outskirts of Moscow, killing 29-year-old Darya Dugina, the eyes of the West immediately turned to her father, Alexander Dugin -- the ultra-nationalist philosopher credited with being the "spiritual guide" to Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
But Dugina herself played a smaller, public role in advancing Russian soft power -- assailing the West in TV appearances at home, while operating a disguised English-language online platform that pushed a pro-Kremlin worldview to Western readers.
In recent years, she had sought to build influence publicly, often with an international audience in mind. And she was not alone. Dugina was one of a number of influential Russian women on the front lines of Russia's disinformation war, representing the public face of the wider propaganda effort, both at home and abroad.
"There is a huge machine that works for this propagandistic effort, (and) she was a part of this machine," said Roman Osadchuk, a Ukraine-based research associate at the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), who has investigated Dugina's writings and digital output since 2020. "She probably had potential to become an important player," Osadchuk told CNN.
Her death provides a window into that vast operation, which exists on multiple levels; Dugina emulated the work of high-ranking Kremlin spokespeople, firebrand TV anchors, activists and countless content creators who -- like her -- pumped out Kremlin-friendly content on Western-facing blogs and websites, many of which have camouflaged origins.
Whatever their reach, "the thing that is similar for all of them is the direction of their effort," Osadchuk said. "The main idea is (to) sow division and distrust towards the governments in the Western world ... (to) create further polarization, or to expose problems and divisions in Western societies."
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I actually don’t think killing Putin’s spouse is desirable.
I think Putin should expect assassination attempts.
I’m guessing they’ve intercepted some already.
I think calling for killing Zelenskys wife is absurd.
Definitely hoping Russia loses badly in Ukraine.
Should Putin’s wife consider herself a legitimate target?
You and your globalist Soros scumbot trolls consider the mass-murder of any Russian to be a good thing. After all, you don’t give a damn about the mass-murder of Ukrainians, thanks to your sainted hero, Zelensky.
I forgot what an emptyheaded dufus you were, after promising myself to never waste time on you again.
POOF is just a paid agitator and disruptor troll who posts vile leftist Sorosbot propaganda on a Conservative website and viciously attacks anyone who doesn’t agree. The scum needs to be wiped off FR, along with its clones and other trollbot accounts polluting our website.
Oops.
You accidentally engaged with someone more effectively informed on the topic than you are.
Hope that doesn’t cause you any great mental injury.
Ooh scumbot.
That’s such an effective substantive argument. /s
I’m the one who does care about the mass murder of Ukrainians.
You and your Russia bot friends support the killing of innocent Ukrainians.
No, you don’t give a damn. You never did.
Russian females are far more honest than CNN commies are.
Nobody has a bigger disinformation machine going than the US and the west right now.
They have nothing else than to call those who have been seeking out the truth “Russian trolls”. It is in the democrat playbook.
Why are you so wrapped up in Zelensky’s wife? Her main danger is being married to coke head Zelensky.
Darya Dugina’s main threat was what side her father was on.
People in the west cheered and like it that she was murdered.
War stuff.
incorrect
as usual
it was suggested in this forum that zelenskys wife be killed
i am not encouraging either killing
i suspect putin had dugina killed for her father’s lack of loyalty
i don’t think either should be killed
You love dead Ukrainians, more fodder for your hero Zelensky. What would you do if you didn’t get to post ludicrous leftist Sorosbot war porn spam on FR ?
Proof ? Evidence ? Cites ? Links ?
No.
I’m opposed to dead Ukrainians. You support dead Ukrainians. You support the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It’s pretty easy to understand.
What would I do?
Easy question. I would do what I do now— tell the truth. I’m not promoting Soros , leftism or any of the other topics you speak of so frequently.
Wrong.
Putin is pretty good at killing journalists as a rule. It’s hard to break into Russia to kill in the way of a car explosion.
These articles discuss a range of Russian false flag to Putin hostility toward the dad:
British source
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/alexander-dugin-darya-putin-russia-ukraine-assassination/amp
Indian news source
https://hindiable.com/natalia-shaban-vovk-who-is-she-investigating-bio-wiki-and-age/
US sources
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-mysterious-murder-of-darya-dugina
You are a wealth of valuable information /s
Can you separate journalist from propagandist ?
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