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Murder of a Russian ideologue's daughter: what does #Kazakhstan have to do with it?

The news about the murder of Daria Dugina had been stirring up Russian society for several days.
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Certain KZ media considered it necessary to pay mind to the incident, although It doesn't seem to concern us.
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Later information surfaced that the alleged killer was traveling by car with KZ license plates, and then the media distributed a photo of a KZ identity card, which the suspect allegedly managed to pick up before the murder.
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Now, whether we like it or not, we were involved, and it would be illogical to ignore it. An Orda Correspondent of collected a chronology of events and tried to understand what was going on.
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What happened?
On the night of August 21, Russian media reported the death of 30-year–old Daria #Dugina, a journalist, political scientist and, most importantly, the daughter of Russian philosopher Alexander #Dugin,../5

..who is considered nothing less than the Vladimir #Putin's ideological inspiration.

According to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, an explosive device was planted in the bottom of the Toyota Land Cruiser from the driver's side.
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It was then remotely activated at the neccesary moment. The SUV caught fire, and Dugina died on the spot.
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That evening, Dugina was returning home from the festival "Traditions" in the Zakharovo estate near #Moscow. She was there with her father.
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And, according to Russian media, Dugin was also supposed to be in this car, but at the last minute, he changed his mind and got into the car that had been following the one his daughter was in.
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Soon it became known that the case of Dugina's death from the Investigative Committee was handed over to FSB officers, who a day later reported that they had solved the murder.
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"The Ukrainian Trail"
The FSB announced that the perpetrator of Dugina's murder was a 43-year-old citizen of Ukraine Natalia Vovk.
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On July 23, Vovk, together with her 12-year-old daughter, came to #Russia, rented an apartment in the house, where Dugina lived, in order to collect information.
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To spy on the journalist, Vovk used a Mini Cooper car. In it, she entered #Russia from the territory of the #DPR (unrecognized in Kazakhstan). Already in #Moscow, Vovk changed the license plates of the car to Kazakhstani, and when leaving – to Ukrainian.
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The security services even published the license plates of the cars, including the KZ one – 172AJD02.
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According to the FSB, on the evening of August 20, Vovk and her daughter arrived at the literary and musical festival "Traditions", where Dugina was, as an honorary guest of the event. And on the night of August 20-21, Dugina's car exploded while in motion.
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On the same evening, Vovk and her daughter left through the Pskov region of Russia for #Estonia.

What is known about Vovk?
The FSB of Russia claims that the special services of Ukraine are behind the murder of Dugina.
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Russian hackers from the group RaHDit ("Evil Russian Hackers") joined the investigation. According to their data, Vovk (nee Shaban) served in the Armed forces of Ukraine. As proof, they posted a photo of her official ID.
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ria.ru/20220822/dugin…

Source: Telegram channel RaHDit
"Sofa investigators" also joined the case and with lightning speed found Natalia Vovk's car on a Ukrainian classifieds site.
Source: ad from the website auto.ria.com .

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The seller turned out to be a certain Danil Shaban (Natalia Vovk's maiden name). At the same time, the Russian special services did not comment on this fact in any way.
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Gray Mini Cooper 2018 release, already with Ukrainian numbers, was sold for 14.5 thousand dollars (about 7 million tenge). There are no ads on the site at the moment.
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A little later, the FSB of Russia released a video with Natalia Vovk. They emphasize that the woman changed her hair color upon entering Russia.
ria.ru/20220822/dugin…
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Down the line, the media vied with each other to interview Vovk's relatives, who, in turn, "confirmed" that she served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, is somewhere in the Balkans and allegedly used to be a bright and cheerful../21

..girl, but recently "began to behave strangely."

Users of social networks and mass media from different countries at this time focus on the inconsistency of information.
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For example, Russian publications reported that the body could not be identified, since it completely burned down during the explosion.
t.me/breakingmash/3…
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At the same time, at the funeral service of Daria Dugina, the coffin was opened, and photos from the funeral, which show her face, got into the Network. The official Kremlin did not attend the memorial service, limiting itself to telegrams addressed to her father.
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1news.az/news/202208241…

So what does Kazakhstan have to do with it?
Kazakhstan got caught up in this strange story thanks to the license plate on Vovk's car.
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CORRECTION: tweet #19 the ad is no longer on the site.

The Orda Editorial looked into the matter and it turned out that there really was such a number until it was taken off the register in 2019. It was registered to a resident of Almaty born in 1999.
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PRIOR TWEET SHOULD BE #26

This fact makes one wonder if parallel shadow sales of license plates have been organized in Kazakhstan. After all, it is forbidden to use the license plates more than once, and when they are removed from the register, they must be disposed of.
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According to the FSB, the woman used Donetsk plates while entering Russia and then traveled around Moscow with Kazakhstani ones.
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Users of social networks noticed that the photos of the car distributed in the Russian media may have been taken on the same day, since the images are almost identical, the passengers are dressed in the same clothes, but the numbers are different.
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This is confirmed by the timing of Vovk's car on the road. With KZ numbers, she appears at noon, and with others – already at 13:39, only the dates are different. At the same time, there was also time to change the mount on the car number.
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Three days later, new information about Natalia Vovk appeared in the Russian media. In order to rent a garage in Moscow, she allegedly provided a fake KZ identity card. The name of Yulia Zaiko is listed in the document.
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Source: RIA Novosti
First, blogger Zhanna Ilyicheva posted information that the data belonged to a real citizen of Kazakhstan.
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Then the Orda editorial board checked the IIN (ID #) and full name on the document, and, indeed, 41-year-old Yulia Druzhnyaeva (Zaiko) lives in Almaty. An active sole proprietor who is engaged in retail trade on the Internet is registered for it.
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She is on social networks, but Yulia Zaiko's accounts are private. An Orda journalist tried to contact Druzhnyaeva-Zaiko, but at the time there was no response from her.
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The Almaty Police Department reported that there was no statement about the loss of an identity card from the citizen Druzhnyaeva.

The Orda editorial office came to the conclusion that the ID is new but slightly modified.
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For comparison: an Orda journalist provided their ID, which shows that the number 4 in the document looks different.

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Source: Orda.kz

This is not the first time that the warring parties have tried to involve Kazakhstan in the current geopolitical conflict.
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Recently the ambassador of Ukraine spoke in such a way about Russians in an interview with a Kazakh blogger, that the silent Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan woke up and made a condemning statement, while the Ministry of Foreign../39

..Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan called Vrublevsky to "talk". Naturally, Russia also reacted to the statement of the Ukrainian ambassador.
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Accidental coincidence or deliberate provocation? There are too many unanswered questions. While our official officials are silent, passions are raging around this story in Kaznet and speculation is ongoing.
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CORRECTION: Tweet #25: emerged on the internet - not got into the network.

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