Zakharova described Britain's sanctions against Dugin as "outdone herself."

Zakharova described Britain's sanctions against Dugin as
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Alexander Dugin

The UK outdid itself when it imposed sanctions against Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin and the Center for Geopolitical Expertise he founded, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said in a conversation with RIA Novosti.

"Britain has outdone itself... They used to sponsor and celebrate terrorists. Now they've started persecuting their victims," ​​Zakharova said.

On August 20, 2022, Alexander Dugin's daughter, political scientist and publicist Daria Dugina, was murdered. An explosive device detonated in her car in the Moscow region . The Investigative Committee opened a case under paragraph "e" of Part 2 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code (murder committed in a manner dangerous to society). Ukrainian citizens Natalia Vovk and her accomplice, Bohdan Tsyganenko, were charged with the crime.

According to the FSB, Vovk, who served in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, arrived in Russia in July of that year and settled near Dugina. After the murder, she left for Estonia with the help of Tsyganenko, who provided her with forged documents and license plates.

The court arrested Vovk in absentia in November 2022, and in February 2024 , she and Tsyganenko were added to the list of extremists and terrorists. Investigators believe that Ukrainian intelligence services were behind the murder, although Ukrainian authorities deny this.

Darya Dugina was 30 years old, a graduate student in philosophy at Moscow State University and a former journalist at Komsomolskaya Pravda radio and Tsargrad TV channel. In July 2022, the UK imposed sanctions against her.

The UK imposed sanctions against Dugin and the Center for Geopolitical Expertise on December 9. The restrictive measures also targeted the Rybar project and its director, Mikhail Zvinchuk, the Russian Foundation for the Support and Protection of the Rights of Compatriots Living Abroad, and the Belgian-based Russian-language media projects Golos and Euromore.

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