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Russia hawks blame Ukraine for car bomb that killed Putin adviser’s daughter

Russian hardline nationalists rushed to blame Ukrainian agents for a stunning car bomb attack just outside Moscow Saturday night that killed the daughter of a leading ideological thinker believed to e a major influence on the foreign policy of President Vladimir Putin.

The death of Darya Dugina, the 30-year-old daughter of ultranationalist Alexander Dugin, seems certain to add a new edge to the fighting in Ukraine, where the invasion ordered by Mr. Putin in February is about to mark its sixth month of indecisive fighting.

Russian investigators said Ms. Dugina died when a bomb placed in her Toyota Land Cruiser detonated on a highway on the outskirts of Moscow.