The murder of Darya Duganet may mean this war has finally come to Russia. Phoebe Judge: Is it possible that Vladimir Putin doesn't really care about this murder? She says there is certainly a world where, for Putin, this is just part of the cause of the war. Coming up, will it increase that cost of doing business on Putin's turf?
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.
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