Putin ally Dugin speaks at daughter's memorial

STORY: Speaking at the service, Dugina's father Alexander Dugin - a vocal supporter of both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow's "special military operation" in Ukraine - said that only Russian victory in Ukraine could justify his daughter's death.

"She lived in the name of victory, and she died in the name of victory," Dugin told those gathered at the service, which was held in Moscow's Ostankino television centre.

Dugin has long advocated for the unification of Russian-speaking and other territories in a vast new Russian Empire.

Russia's Federal Security Service has accused Ukraine's secret services of killing Darya Dugina in a car bomb attack near Moscow on August 20 that Russian President Vladimir Putin later described as "evil".

Ukraine has denied involvement in the attack.

Dugin was on a U.S. sanctions list, and the extent of his influence over the Russian president has been a subject of great speculation, with some Russia watchers asserting that his sway is significant and others calling it minimal.