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Today, Explained

Putin’s war comes to Russia

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

A car bomb killed Russian commentator Darya Dugina over the weekend. The bomb may have been meant for her father, the far-right, pro-Putin, pro-war philosopher Alexander Dugin. The Guardian’s Andrew Roth explains. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and edited and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained  Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The U.S. State Department is telling Americans to get out of Ukraine.

0:07.0

It's a big week there.

0:08.3

The country's independence day is on Wednesday, but Ukraine has canceled all celebrations.

0:13.4

It's also the six-month anniversary of the start of the war.

0:17.2

Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, issued a warning in his weekly address that, quote,

0:22.0

this week Russia might try to do something particularly nasty, particularly cruel.

0:27.6

Russia has been building after a mysterious, targeted murder on a highway last weekend.

0:32.4

A 29-year-old woman killed in a car bombing, not in Ukraine, where all the violence of this

0:38.0

war has occurred, but outside of Moscow, in a nice area even.

0:42.9

She wasn't a household name in Russia yet, but the murder of Darya Dugana and the revenge

0:48.5

that many people believe will accompany it could signal the opening of a new and scarier

0:53.8

front in Russia's war.

0:56.4

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