Lavrov: No mercy for the organizers of the murder

Russian politicians yesterday said goodbye to Daria Dugina, the daughter of one of Russia's most famous nationalist ideologues, declaring her a martyr whose death must inspire Russian forces fighting in Ukraine.

Dugina, the daughter of Alexander Dugin, was killed on Saturday in an explosion of her car not far from Moscow. Russia's FSB security service has accused Ukrainian intelligence agencies of being behind the killing, which Kiev denies.

The death of Daria Dugina sparked calls for revenge by the Russian political elite.

The US Embassy in Kyiv has warned of the increased danger of Russian military attacks.

"I consider it an unforgivable barbaric act," said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. "I hope that the investigation will be completed quickly and according to the results, there can be no mercy for the organizers, who ordered this, and for the perpetrators," Lavrov said.

A memorial service was held at the TV Center in Moscow where senior politicians, nationalists and friends laid flowers on the casket and expressed their condolences to Dugina's parents.

Her father, Aleksandar Dugin, 60, who for years advocated the creation of a new Russian empire, said that his daughter died for Russia. "If her tragic death had touched someone, she would have asked them to defend Holy Orthodoxy, the people and the homeland," said Dugin. "She died for Russia, in her homeland and on a front that is not in Ukraine but here."

Konstantin Malofayev, a close family friend and wealthy ultra-nationalist tycoon, described Daria as a martyr whose death makes it all the more important for Russia to prevail in Ukraine.

"The people who fight against us do not understand that the Russian people are not only those who are alive now. Even those who lived before us and who will live after. We will grow stronger with the blood of our martyrs. "Thanks to the premature death of our beloved Dasha, we will definitely win this war," he said.

Parliamentary leaders of the three main pro-Kremlin parties spoke at the funeral, praising Dugina as a patriot and promising that those who ordered her murder would get what they deserved.

Leonid Slutski, leader of the nationalist LDPR party, said that streets and squares would be named after Dugina before calling for unity. "One country, one president, one victory," said Slutski.

Sergei Mironov, the leader of the Only Russia party in the parliament, called for the destruction of the "regime" in Kiev. "Victory will be the best monument for Dasha," said Mironov.