aleksandr dugin is a prominent ultra—nationalist philosopher and strategist. in was interviewed by the bbc�*s gabriel gatehouse in 2016. he had this to say about his philosophy. truth is the question of belief and postmodernity shows that every so called truth is the matter of believing. so we believe in what we do, we believe in what we say, and that is the only way to define the truth. so we have our special russian truths that you need to accept as something that maybe is not your truth... even if it's not true? but if the truth is relative, that doesn't mean that truth doesn't exist. for more we can join eastern european political analyst sergej sumlenny in berlin. good to see you. what more do we know about the dugin family? thank ou for know about the dugin family? thank you for inviting _ know about the dugin family? thank you for inviting me. _ know about the dugin family? thank you for inviting me. first _ know about the dugin family? thank you for inviting me. first i _ know about the dugin family? thank you for inviting me. first i don't - you for in

some analysts say president putin is close to aleksandr dugin, although the nature of the relationshipe kremlin�*s foreign policy, including on ukraine. his political movement, eurasianism, sees russia as the centre of a new empire that will challenge the west. back in 2016, mr dugin spoke to the bbc�*s gabriel gatehouse about his views. so we have our special russian truth that you need to accept as something that maybe is not your truth. even if it's not true? but if the truth is relative, that doesn't mean that truth doesn't exist. the authorities have not yet said who was behind the attack. but russia's foreign ministry said if a link to ukraine were found, the attack would be state terror by the kyiv regime. an adviser to the ukrainian president denied his country was involved. car bombs and assassinations are rare in moscow. but as the war in ukraine grinds on, instability at home will be a cause for concern in the kremlin. will vernon, bbc news, moscow. at least 21 people have been killed in a siege at a hotel in somalia, after it was stormed by an extremist group linked to al-q

at the scene, her father, aleksandr dugin, an ultra nationalist philosopher. his mind at the last minute, and there is speculation he was the intended target. darya dugina, like herfather, was a vocal supporter of russia's invasion of ukraine. she was a regular guest on russian television, calling the war a clash of civilisations. both she and her father have been sanctioned by the west. some analysts say president putin is close to aleksandr dugin, although the nature of their relationship is unclear. but mr dugin's radical nationalism has helped shape the kremlin's foreign policy, including on ukraine. his political movement, eurasianism, sees russia as the centre of a new empire that will challenge the west. back in 2016, mr dugin spoke to the bbc�*s gabriel gatehouse about his views. so we have our special russian truth that you need to accept as something that maybe is not your truth. even if it's not true? but if the truth is relative, that doesn't mean that truth doesn't exist. the authorities have not yet said who was behind the attack. but russia's for

at the scene, her father, aleksandr dugin, an ultra nationalist philosopher. dugin was meant to travel in the car with his daughter, but changed his mind at the last minute, and there is speculation he was the intended target. darya dugina, like herfather, was a vocal supporter of russia's invasion of ukraine. she was a regular guest on russian television, calling the war a clash of civilisations. both she and her father have been sanctioned by the west. some analysts say president putin is close to aleksandr dugin, although the nature of their relationship is unclear. but mr dugin�*s radical nationalism has helped shape the kremlin�*s foreign policy, including on ukraine. his political movement, eurasianism, sees russia as the centre of a new empire that will challenge the west. back in 2016, mr dugin spoke to the bbc�*s gabriel gatehouse about his views. so we have our special russian truth that you need to accept as something that maybe is not your truth. even if it's not true? but if the truth is relative, that doesn't mean that truth doesn't exist. the aut

aleksandr dugin is a prominent ultra—nationalist philosopher and strategist.en injured in two separate traffic collisions in south—east turkey. in the first one, a bus collided with an ambulance and first responders in the province of gaziantep. at least 16 people were killed and twenty others were injured. hours later, there was another accident, this time in mardin, a town some 200 kilometres away. at least 16 people were killed after a truck driver hurtled into pedestrians. about 29 people were injured. berza simsek from the bbc�*s turkish service told us more about what happened. well, road accidents in turkey are not unusual, but what is unusual is that two such big accidents happening in one day and having so many casualties. and also, the way those accidents happened are quite similar. in the first accident, basically it was an accident and a coach — and then rescue workers rushed to the scene, and a coach 200 metres away from the accident site overturned, flipped and then hit the rescue workers, killing health officials, firefighters, and unfortunately

the main belief right now is that it was an attempt at killing aleksandr dugin himself, not the daughterovised explosive device that went off, on the bottom of her car. russian law enforcement said that the murder was a contract killing, but there is no official version on who is behind the death, yet. there are already some speculations, the authorities of the self—proclaimed donetsk republic say that they blamed the explosion on terrorists of the ukrainian regime, i quote there. saying that, ukrainian authorities have already denied any involvement with this accident. the leaders of the us, france, germany and the uk have had a �*joint call�* during which they reiterated their commitment to ukraine, in the face of russia's invasion. they also spoke about the importance of making sure the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was safe and secure. and welcomed recent talks to allow inspectors from the un come and visit the plant. emergency workers in central iraq have mounted a rescue operation after a shia shrine there collapsed. an earth mound adjacent to the shrine — in the city of karbala

aleksandr dugin is a prominent ultra—nationalist philosopher and strategist.a gave me more details. just outside moscow, a cultural event there, they were leaving in the late evening yesterday. they arrived in the two cars. alexander dugin, it was reported he was supposed to get into the car with his daughter. an improvised expose of device detonated under the bottom of her car. something like this pretty unusual in russia? if you know the history of russia, accidents of this sort happened in the 90s but now to witness such exposure just outside moscow is quite unusual and shocking to many. law enforcement do not have any official version and who might be behind this death. they said this murder is of the contract nature. i noticed the foreign ministry spokeswoman, sometimes quite outspoken, suggested it was in connection with ukraine. the reason for that is presumably because alexander dugin is known as a proponent of this idea of reuniting of the russian—speaking lands. it is true there is no wonder why there is the belief this death and attempted assassinat

the daughter of one of president putin's close allies, aleksandr dugin, has reportedly been killed inn died after her car exploded near moscow. there's been no comment from the authorities but pictures posted on social media show the burning wreck of a car on a suburban road. it's thought that her father — who's often called "putin's brain" — could have been the intended target of the attack. the pair were reportedly set to travel back from an event in the same car. aleksandr dugin is a prominent ultra—nationalist philosopher and strategist. earlier we spoke to steve fish, a political science professor at the university of california, berkeley. if you're going to attack the kind of ideological basis of this invasion of ukraine and of putin's wild new imperialism, this would be the guy to attack. he really is in some ways the author of the kind of ideology or the kind of kind of principles that putin has been following here. he's an ideologist of hyper—nationalism, of imperialism. he's called for russia to become a fully totalitarian state and destroy ukraine. he's got all kinds of biz

aleksandr dugin is a prominent ultra—nationalist philosopher and strategist.lifornia, berkeley. if you're going to attack the kind of ideological basis of this invasion of ukraine and of putin's wild new imperialism, this would be the guy to attack. he really is in some ways the author of the kind of ideology or the kind of kind of principles that putin has been following here. he's an ideologist of hyper—nationalism, of imperialism. he's called for russia to become a fully totalitarian state and destroy ukraine. he's got all kinds of bizarre theories about how the world works. geopolitical ideas, political, theoretical ideas. and to the extent we can actually find an ideologist of this war, he would be it. so attacking him really is an attack on the whole foundation, the foundational ideas that this war is based on. he apparently was intending to travel in that car and then switched to another car. so it looks like he probably was the intended target. now she would be a logical target as well. she basically carries on his legacy of fascism. she has been calli

aleksandr dugin is a prominent ultra—nationalist philosopher and strategist.l festival yesterday and they were leaving the festival in two different cars. and it was reported that dugin was supposed to be in the car with his daughter, the car that exploded, but he switched cars in the very last moment. and the russian law enforcement said that the murder of darya dugina is of a contract nature. as they said, there is not much that we know right now but i think the most common belief is that it was an attempted assassination of dugin himself, not his daughter. and it was believed that it was an improvised explosive device that was planted under the bottom of her car that went off eventually. dugin is one of the most famous contemporary russian philosophers and political theorists. he's ultra conservative, he's a monarchist, and his main ideology is of that so—called "the russian world". his basic idea is that the russian nation has like a greater purpose on this planet, a sacred purpose even, in the world politics, and that russia should unite countries and ter

so we don't know exactly what the relationship between the father aleksandr dugin and putin, is theres speculation that he is putin's -- unquote. there's other word that he was probably not so close to putin an attempt to go with that. the thought process but, this is a situation where the crime is just to need. it has all the hallmarks of a professional hit job. but the few people that could commit professional hijabs actually work for putin in russia. at least most of them do. and, so is there something that happened between those people and putin? is there something else that's going on? is there a power struggle that's going? on that could very well be the case. and if he uses, that putin, putin can in the effort to galvanize public opinion in russia. once, again to go after ukraine. this would be the perfect opportunity for him to introduce himself. >> susan, can you weigh in on that? what do we know about darya dugina his father and how close he is with putin. and how might that play into the criminal response? >> i, mean there's no question that aleksandr dugin, going back to t

bomb attack that killed daria dugina but presumably targeted her father, the far—right ideologue aleksandr dugins preplanned and commissioned. the explosives were planted on his car but he escaped assassination after switching vehicles following an event outside moscow. now on bbc news, duncan kennedy reports on the story of historical forced adoptions and the mothers�* search for a justice and an official government apology. this is the story about loss. of lives changed, love fractured. it happened not long ago and the pain has followed those involved down through history. i lost the only thing in my life that i ever wanted. i loved her so much. i still love her. i'm her mum! it was to be a secret. it was...it was not to be discussed. l was actually taken from my arms without telling me what was happening. i canjust remember lying there, thinking it'd be better to die. a historical injustice - is what happened to us. other countries have recognised i it and it's high time ours did. i bells toll. 60 years ago, british society was very different. the bride's name is stella, she's 19, lives in ba

aleksandr dugin, it was reported he was supposed to get into the car with his daughter.osive device detonated under the bottom of her car. is it fair to say something like this pretty unusual in russia? it is. if you know the history of russia, accidents of this sort happened in the �*90s but now to witness such an explosion just outside moscow is quite unusual and shocking to many. law enforcement do not have any official version on who might be behind this death. but they said this murder, darya dugina, is of a contract nature. i noticed the foreign ministry spokeswoman, who is sometimes quite outspoken, suggested it was in connection with ukraine. the reason for that is presumably because mr dugin is known as a proponent of this idea of reuniting all the russian—speaking lands. it is true. there is no wonder why there is the belief this death and attempted assassination is linked to the war in ukraine. not darya dugina herself but... the authorities of the self proclaimed republic of donestk have already blamed the ukrainian regime on the explosions. we know the ukrai

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missed in any way, and one of them happened in moscow more recently, publicist and philosopher aleksandr duginlt of an attempt. the jeep in which she was traveling exploded while driving. for the great- grandfather for 45 pieces, one way or another, well, daria dugina died, and the first thought that came to our minds personally was that god is not a fool and let me have more of these same black-mouthed skunks and nightingales and so on . simonyan really thinks that he is in a fairy tale they are not for inciting hatred for the death of ukrainians and dancing on the bones, nothing will happen. that's what daria dugina was, and ukraine has become a training ground, absolutely a training ground for the west. this is the sanitary border, this is the space that separates russia from europe and disrupts all cooperation. day during the last place this lady was happy about the missile attack on ukraine and the debilitated people, but we started this operation very delicately, carefully, but maybe sometimes you need to be a little tougher and a little less forgiving, the most striking - this is the sy

attack that killed daria dugina — but presumably targeted her father, the far—right ideologue aleksandr duginned and commissioned. the explosives were planted on his car — but he escaped assassination after switching vehicles, following an event outside moscow. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur and this is riga, the capital of the small baltic state of latvia, which was liberated from moscow's rule some three decades ago and which is now braced for a new era of confrontation with russia. vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine reminded latvians of the russian threat. it also stoked internal tensions because a quarter of latvia's population is ethnic russian and this country relies heavily on russian gas supplies. well, my guest today is latvia's prime minister, krisjanis karins. just how vulnerable is latvia? prime minister krisjanis karins, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine happened six months ago. right now, here in latvia, has that war raised the level of fear to new heights? what the war has done has raised the level of mobi

that ukrainian intelligence services, ukrainian nationalists, have carried out an attack against aleksandr duginist act on the outskirts of moscow. the world's second largest cinema chain, cineworld, has announced its considering filing for bankruptcy in the united states as it struggles with with $5 billion worth of debt. the firm owns the regal cinema chain in the us and says its theatres will remain open for business as usual. but like all cinema companies, cineworld was hit hard by the pandemic and was already under pressure from the growth of streaming companies such as netflix. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... back in class — pupils return to school in the philippines — after one of the longest covid lockdowns in the world. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines... lawyers for donald trump take legal action following the raid on his florida home, claiming it was an attempt to stop him running for office. the lights of shanghai's skyline become the latest casualty of china's severe drought, switched off as output fro

the suburbs of moscow, a car carrying the daughter of the ideologue of the rashish movement, aleksandr dugin daria, suddenly exploded on the move and then caught fire , according to the mass media dugin himself was supposed to be in the car, but at a certain moment his plans changed, to the great regret of the law enforcement officers who arrived at the scene, only what remained of the suv was found by the law enforcement officers they also opened an investigation under the article into murder committed in a generally dangerous way, i want to say that in this case they really say that the apple does not fall far from the apple tree dugin's daughter daria adhered to the same chauvinistic russian views as her father oleksandr well, but now you know that this is such an indicator that in russia now there is no peace for such people as arcs , even in the suburbs of moscow, it would seem that they will be found everywhere , because you don't need to say a lot, you don't need his truth, they say that a-a hmm thief of the tongue my enemy is mine well, there will probably be more nazis - these are n

attack that killed daria dugina — but presumably targeted her father, the far—right ideologue aleksandr dugind and commissioned. the explosives were planted on his car, but he escaped assassination after switching vehicles following an event outside moscow. now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello, and welcome to the programme where british journalists debate the week's news with the correspondents who write, blog, podcast and broadcast from the dateline: london. living with double—digit inflation is an unwelcome, if familiar, experience in many countries. turkey, argentina, zimbabwe and iran started 2022 under that yoke. for the british, it had been a distant memory, but not any more. in the united states, presidentjoe biden signed into law the optimistically titled inflation reduction act. would it were that simple. another bad memory from the 1980s, the threat to kill the author sir salman rushdie, came close to being fulfilled. liberals are relieved he survived, but have they helped to fuel intolerance? to discuss all that, in the studio are maria margaronis, a documentary—m

the daughter of one of president putin's close allies, aleksandr dugin, has been killed in a bomb attackmoscow. there's been no comment from the authorities. it's thought that her father, a prominent ultra—nationalist philosopher and strategist, sometimes described as putin's brain, was the target. the pair were reportedly set to travel back from an event in the same vehicle, but mr dugin had switched bbc russia's anastasia golubeva has more on this. just outside moscow, a cultural event there, they were leaving in the late evening yesterday. they arrived in the two cars. alexander dugin, it was reported he was supposed to get into the car with his daughter. but he switched cars at the very last moment and went home with someone else and the car that his daughter was in exploded eventually. it was an improvised explosive device that went off under the bottom of the car. something like this pretty unusual in russia? if you know the history of russia, russia, accidents of this sort happened in the 90s but now to witness such an explosion just outside moscow is quite unusual and shocking to

that ukrainian intelligence services, ukrainian nationalists, have carried out an attack against aleksandr dugin the outskirts of moscow. in britain, there have been more sobering forecasts on the rising cost of living, and in particular on the impact of energy prices. some economists believe inflation, which is nowjust over io%, could reach as high as 18%, hitting household budgets even harder. these are predictions, and changes in the markets can affect these numbers. the economy will be a huge challenge for whoever becomes the country's new prime minister in september. here's our business correspondent caroline davies. pulling pints is no longer enough to pay the bills for karen. she works full—time in a pub and lives alone in a one—bed bungalow. she is already £1,000 in debt because of energy costs. it terrifies me. you can't find extra money. if you haven't got it you haven't got it, so i don't know what happens. i don't know where to go or what to do. it's 2022. someone who's working 40, 50 hours a week shouldn't be able to not turn the heating on. energy bills are expected to keep going u

darya dugina, the daughter of the prominent ultra—nationalist aleksandr dugin.e took after she was criticised for being filmed dancing at a party. tabloid newspapers and some finnish politicians had accused ms marin of taking recreational drugs at the event. pakistan's police have charged the country's former prime minister, imran khan, under anti—terror laws. their investigation comes after he accused the police and judiciary of detaining and torturing a close aide. he has now been granted pre—arrest bail until thursday. britain's intelligence agencies are facing accusations of colluding in the abduction and torture of a british national by the indian authorities. jagtar sinthohal, a sikh activist and bloggerfrom scotland, was seized by indian police five years ago and has been in prison ever since. his case has been raised by successive prime ministers. now the human rights group reprieve has shown the bbc documents which they say prove that his arrest came after a tip—off from british intelligence. 0ur security correspondent frank gardener is here. tell us mo

car bomb attack near moscow that killed the daughter of one of vladimir putin's closest allies, aleksandr duginjuly, and planted a bomb under 29—year—old daria dugina's car. mr dugin said a memorial service will take place on tuesday morning in moscow. stay with us on bbc news. still to come — the return of the liberator, brazil's first emperor arrives to celebrate its bicentennial, or at least part of him does. he's the first african—american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years to the day that martin luther king declared, "i have a dream." as darkness falls tonight, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south—eastern sky. an orange glowing disc that's brighter than anything, save the moon — our neighbouring planet, mars. horn toots. there is no doubt that this election| is an important milestone in the birth of east timori as the world's newest nation. it will take months, and billions of dollars, to repair what katrina achieved injust hours. three weeks is the longest the great clock has been off duty in 117 years, so it was with great satisfa

for ukrainian interest, it's better to have aleksandr dugin at the future criminal court or tribunal,ukrainian interest. some claim he is an ally. close _ ukrainian interest. some claim he is an ally, close ally, _ ukrainian interest. some claim he is an ally, close ally, president - an ally, close ally, president vladimir putin and influences his thinking. 0thers vladimir putin and influences his thinking. others say absolutely not the case and he is nowhere near the inner circle of badly your putting —— michael vladimir putin. i inner circle of badly your putting -- michael vladimir putin. -- michaelvladimir putin. i agree with the experts _ -- michaelvladimir putin. i agree with the experts who _ -- michaelvladimir putin. i agree with the experts who know - -- michaelvladimir putin. i agree with the experts who know the - with the experts who know the internal situation much better than us that his role is estimated and he might not be the ideologist of the so—called russian war but all the damage he could do he has done already so i repeat there is no benefit or interest in the uk

putin is planning for ukraine in the coming hours, particularly in the wake of the murder of aleksandr dugin's daughter darya dugina who is killed by a car bomb planted under the vehicle as she was driving. >> the, first is anybody's guess. but, you have to, listening to russian officials, listening to russian state control media, you'd have to believe that they want to retaliate in some way against ukraine. and, as you pointed out, we've got to anniversaries, six months of the war, and since 1991, they're independents all coming this week. so, this all kinds of leads to the conclusion that there would be something. the concern, i think from the united states at least, is that it could be directed against individual citizens, you know, citizens as opposed to the military. that could be very dangerous. but, you know, i think also we have to watch also what's going on in russia. and i do think that they were television could also be against people who are opposed to the war and opposed to putin, because that already is kind of part of the drumbeat that you are hearing from the media and from o

the daughter of one of president putin's close allies, aleksandr dugin, has been killed in a bomb attackst philosopher and strategist — sometimes described as putin's brain, was the target. the pair were reportedly set to travel back from an event in the same vehicle, but mr dugin switched at the last minute. just outside moscow, there was a cultural event there, they were leaving this late evening yesterday. they arrived in two cars. alexander dugin, it was reported he was supposed to get into the car with his daughter. the is which scores in the very last moment and went home with somebody else. they, his daughter was in exploded eventually. an improvised explosive of device detonated under the bottom of her car. is it fair to say something like this pretty unusual in russia? it is. if you know the history of russia, russia, accidents of this sort happened in the �*90s but now to witness such an explosion just outside moscow is quite unusual and shocking to many. law enforcement do not have any official version on who might be behind this death. but they said this murder, daria dugina,

one of those people is actually aleksandr dugin who has been advocating that for a very long time, butcome even louder. you hear that from the top echelons of russian kremlin control media, for instance, where there have been people who have been called and 4 strikes on kyiv in response to this, and also hitting kyiv's decision-making centers, as they say. whether or not the russians have the capacity to do that is of course a whole other thing, but there certainly are a lot of prominent people here in moscow right now, calling for an escalation in what is going on in ukraine, anderson? >> fred pleitgen, i appreciate it. let's go back to sam kiley. he's in ukraine, and also cnn intelligence and -- bob baer. sam, you heard friends reporting. what is ukraine seeing in response? >> well the ukrainians are rejecting out of hand any suggestion that they would go after that civilian targets anywhere, they would say. that said, let alone inside russian territory, rejecting absolutely both from the military and the president, obviously the presidency, all saying that they are not responsible,

the killing on saturday of daria dugina — daughter of the prominent ultranationalist thinker, aleksandr dugin a flat in moscow so as to monitor daria dugina's movements. they also allegedly attended the patriotic festival outside moscow, where daria and herfather were guests of honour. she died in a car bomb on her way back from that event. ukraine has vehemently denied any involvement. let's talk to mykhailo samus who is military analyst and director at the ukrainian independent platform new geopolitics research network. ukraine is accused of this killing, do you think it was responsible? i’m do you think it was responsible? i'm not too do you think it was responsible? i“n not too sure, if it's a funny story but i, ukrainian pleats on the car, to moscow for literally one month and after this, the easy to ican i can not imagine. it will be familiar with the situation with her in the activities for 30 years even more i would say that it is very probably connected to his commercial activities because actually, he is well known and a propagandist and she is always been trying to create some illu

aleksandr dugin is an ultra-nationalist whose ideas underlie the rule of vladimir putin alexander dugine in russian politics, although he is not a politician at all, but dugin's philosopher is regarded as a sort of intellectual father of vladimir putin's international politics and especially putin's plans to expand russia's territory and rebuild the russian empire. alexander dugin is a prominent philosopher and ideologue of ultranationalism who is believed to be very, very close to russian president vladimir putin. he is described as a kind of rasputin figure called for the unification of russian speakers and other territories into a new russian empire by ukrainian officials. they say that they have nothing to do with it, because ukraine is not a terrorist state. that is why representatives of a non-terrorist state more than once, not twice, promised to carry out terrorist attacks on the territory of the russian crimea; now urgent news on this topic comes bombs in the car, give dugin and carried out remotely report to law enforcement agencies, making criminal. naturally. excitedly waiti