Ilya Ponomarev, a former member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation (the Russian parliament), said that the so-called National Republican Army (NRA) claimed responsibility for the murder of Darya Dugina, the daughter of “Putin’s ideologue” Aleksandr. Dugin. Source: Ponomarev on air on Utro Fevralya (February Morning), his opposition TV channel, and in a commentary for Ukrainska Pravda Details: Ponomarev said Darya Dugina had called for the killing of Ukrainians and was one of the voices inciting violence and calling for killings in the occupied territories [of Ukraine]. Among other things, he had offered a justification for the killing of Ukrainian prisoners of war at the Olenivka prison camp. Quote from Ponomarev: “This act [the murder of Dugina – ed.]like many other partisan actions that took place on Russian soil in recent months, it was carried out by the National Republican Army. We have established contact with NRA fighters through our Rospartisanan [Telegram] channel, which covers the rising tide of resistance in Russia. Today the NRA campaigners authorized me to read their manifesto.” Excerpt from the NRA “manifesto”: “We are Russian activists, military and political, currently also partisans and fighters of the National Republican Army, and we outlaw warmongers, thieves and oppressors of the peoples of Russia! We declare President Putin a usurper of power and a war criminal who violated the Constitution, unleashed a fratricidal war between Slavic peoples, and sent Russian soldiers to certain and senseless death. […] We will overthrow and destroy Putin! […] We declare all Russian government officials and regional administration officials complicit with the usurper. We will kill every one of them who will not resign. We declare all business owners who profit from corruption and personal connections with government officials traitors to the Motherland and accomplices of the usurper. We will destroy the property of anyone who does not repent and publicly express their opposition to this government and its war, and we will kill every one of them. The story continues Collaborators of the usurper we declare all those who work for the security bodies. We will kill all those who fail to lay down their arms and retreat from their positions. We declare that military cargo, and the cargo of all who benefit from war or help finance it, are legitimate targets to be destroyed by us. […] We call on the soldiers of the Russian army to stop shooting our brothers from other countries: Georgia, Syria, Ukraine and other countries.” [Ponomaryov named Ukraine even though the manifesto published online does not mention it – ed.] More details: The National Republican Army urges all Russian citizens to join its ranks and “raise the white, blue-and-white flag of the new Russia instead of the tricolor dishonored by Putin’s government.” “We will protect all who respond to our call,” the organization promises. He also said that all those who take the course of action he has set, “until the change of regime”, will be exempted from the responsibility defined by the laws of the “usurper”. In addition, the NRA promises to release all those wrongfully convicted by Putin’s government immediately “after victory.” Ponomarev said he supports the actions of his “comrades” from the NRA. He emphasized that the group is not at war with peaceful civilians and will not target civilian facilities. “I urge everyone who is ready to fight ‘Putinism’ not with words, but with action, to join our ranks,” he announced. In a conversation with Ukrainska Pravda, Ponomarev confirmed that the NRA published the statement. He noted that he has been “in contact” with members of the organization since April 2022. “We are actively helping [the NRA] in various ways,” he added. Earlier: Darya Dugina, daughter of “Putin’s ideologue” Aleksandr Dugin, was killed when her car burst into flames on the outskirts of Moscow. She wrote for Tsargrad and RT, two Kremlin-aligned Russian media outlets, and was one of the authors of “The Book of Z,” a book about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Record:

Ilya Ponomarev was a member of the Russian Duma (Parliament) until June 10, 2016, despite immigrating to the US in June 2014. On June 24, 2016, he received a Ukrainian residence permit. In May 2019, Petro Poroshenko, then President of Ukraine, granted Ponomarev Ukrainian citizenship. Ponomarev was the only member of the Russian parliament to vote against Crimea’s “joining” into the Russian Federation in March 2014. Ponomarev testified in the high treason case against former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, which was heard at the Obolonskyi court in Kyiv. During his testimony, Ponomarev said that Putin had personally approved the annexation of Crimea on the night of February 22-23, 2014, and that his plan to seize part of Ukraine was based on his feelings.

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