Russia blames US, Ukraine for 'terrorist attack' that killed daughter of 'Putin’s Brain’

Russian media has accused the United States of orchestrating the "attack" that killed the daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin's close ally.

"Daria Dugina’s death will likely rally the Russians who suspect Ukraine’s hand behind the attack," Rebekah Koffler, president of Doctrine & Strategy Consulting and former DIA intelligence officer, told Fox News Digital.

Dugina, journalist and daughter of Alexander Dugin, died Saturday evening in an explosion while driving her car along the Mozhayskoye Highway in the Moscow region after leaving a music festival. Authorities have said an explosive device planted under the car went off, and officials moved quickly to declare it a "terrorist attack" and point blame at Ukrainians and Americans alike.

Ukrainian politician Denis Pushilin, leader of the separatists Donetsk People’s Republic, blamed the explosion on "terrorists of the Ukrainian regime, trying to kill Alexander Dugin."

But some have gone even further, such as political analyst Yegor Kholmogorov, who told the Russian outlet Pravda that the attack was "no doubt" prepared by U.S. and British intelligence services and carried out by "Ukrainian saboteurs." He claimed that Kyiv itself could not have planned such "daring" sabotage.

Journalist and political expert Daria Dugina, daughter of Russian politologist Alexander Dugin, is pictured in the Tsargrad TV studio in Moscow, Russia, in this undated handout image. (Tsargrad.tv/Handout via Reuters)