Day 181 Roundup: Russia Blames Ukrainian Spy for Dugina Murder; Zelenskyy Vows to Retake Crimea

Image copyright: Russian FSB [via RIA Novosti]

The Spin

Anti-Russia narrative

Each claim the FSB makes over Dugina's death raises more questions than it answers. According to the security service, Natalia Vovk entered Russia with her daughter, moved around undetected while frequently changing the plates on her Mini Cooper, and then planted and detonated a professional explosive device before leaving the country. The speed at which the FSB has discovered 'conclusive' video evidence, especially while it has failed to solve the high-profile murders of Putin critics, prompts scepticism.

Pro-Russia narrative

Not only does the FSB video show Vovk enter the country with a licence plate from the Donetsk People's Republic, she is pictured using plates from Kazakhstan in Moscow and Ukrainian plates as she left the nation. She was also recorded attending the event at which Dugina was a guest speaker on the day she was killed. Is this the behavior of an innocent person?

Metaculus Prediction


Establishment split

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