The explosive device that killed the daughter of Vladimir Putin's spiritual guide was detonated remotely, Russian media has reported.
Daria Dugina - the daughter of Putin's "Rasputin" - died after 400g of TNT attached to her SUV was set off by a remote-detonated device, the state-run TASS news agency revealed, citing police sources.
"It has now been established that the bomb on Dugina's car was triggered remotely.
"Presumably, the car was monitored and its movement was controlled," the source said.
Earlier it was reported that unknown suspects followed Dugina from the party she'd attended with her dad, before using untraceable phones to set off the device.
Horrifying footage showed Dugin holding his head in his hands as he watched his daughter being engulfed by the inferno in a village near Moscow on Saturday night.
Investigators said the prominent right-wing TV pundit was on her way back from the Zakharovo estate - where she and her father had been attending the Tradition family festival.
A source for the TASS news agency said that 400g of TNT - enough to kill her on the spot - was placed in the vehicle while in the car park of the event.
It's understood that Dugina's father may have been the intended target and that he decided to switch cars at the last minute.
Investigators suggested that Dugin and his daughter might have been targeted by Ukrainian nationalists in recent weeks, though there's currently no proof that the war-battered nation is involved in any way.
A police source told Komsomolskaya Pravda : "According to Alexander Dugin, he and his daughter have recently received a lot of threats from Ukrainian nationalists via social networks, but did not attach any importance to them."
The vehicle carrying his daughter exploded "before his eyes" after the pair "left the festival in different cars", the source added.
Dugin - who has also been described as a “Russian fascist”- was a guest of honour with his daughter at the Tradition family festival at the Zakharovo estate - and apparently switched cars at the last minute.
Vladimir Putin ’s closest supporters are demanding vengeance on Ukraine over the "assassination" of the daughter of the Russian leader's spiritual guru.
Evidence indicated that Alexander Dugin was the intended victim of the car bombing.
Darya Dugina, a prominent TV pundit, was blown up in the huge explosion and died at the scene.
However, her 60-year-old father was in a different vehicle and only got to the scene of the explosion a few minutes later.
An upsetting video from Baza media showed the grieving father at the scene of the explosion.
