Talk:Alexander Dugin

Dugin is not a Putin advisor, has never met Putin, nor has Putin ever quoted him in a speech, nor did Dugin have a personal security detail as Russian officials have to guard against assassination. He is an ordinary citizen and college professor.

Polish Intelligence has created all the fake news and mystical lies about Dugin which Western MSM takes as gospel. RobS^{Ich bin ein breakfast taco} 03:00, August 22, 2022 (EDT)

Dugin as an individual has been distanced from by Russian officials since late 2014, when he was fired from his position at Moscow State University for making statements advocating the ethnic cleansing of Ukrainians. His ideological writings (such as The Fourth Political Theory) has also been largely rejected by Russian officials, at least at the upper level. However, his geopolitical writings (such as Foundations of Geopolitics) are still considered influential among Russian officials, particularly those serving in a military capacity.

That being said, the West has indeed exaggerated the degree of Dugin’s influence on Russian politics. He’s not Putin’s “Rasputin,” nor do his personal beliefs on domestic politics automatically make Putin a Nazbol. And on a related note, Dugin is not a Nazi or even a Fascist. He’s a Nazbol, which is a distinct ideology that both Western and Russian media seem to pretend doesn’t exist.--Geopolitician (talk) 12:41, August 22, 2022 (EDT)

The Russian National Army (Vlasovites) are now taking credit for the assassination, which opens a new line of investigation. Are CIA contacts with Vlasovites as extensive as they are with Banderites? RobS^{Ich bin ein breakfast taco} 14:40, August 22, 2022 (EDT)

Update: Russian criminal investigators have identified the assassin, Vovk Natalya Pavlovna, a woman who escaped to Estonia. RobS^{Ich bin ein breakfast taco} 14:56, August 22, 2022 (EDT)

• Russia releases video of suspected car bomber. RobS^{Ich bin ein breakfast taco} 16:07, August 22, 2022 (EDT)

According to the FSB, Pavlovna is a Ukrainian national who had entered Russia with her daughter just last month.--Geopolitician (talk) 20:24, August 22, 2022 (EDT)

Yah, and they changed license plates three times. She lived in the same apartment complex as Dugina (in Russian idioms, they refer to living in the same complex as "living in the same house". They call their apartment building their "house"). Should we start a separate Darya Dugina article? Russian media is already calling post-February 24, 2022, "the Age of Darya". RobS^{Ich bin ein breakfast taco} 20:39, August 22, 2022 (EDT)

Natalia Vovk is the perps name.