Natalya Vovk. Archival photoVIENNA, August 28, Margarita Kostiv. The Austrian Ministry of Internal Affairs, in a commentary to RIA Novosti, denied the Exxpress article about the alleged murder of Natalia Vovk.
"After consultation with our colleagues from the State Security Department and intelligence (DSN), we can inform you that no such case is known in Austria. Therefore, we cannot confirm the accuracy of this information", the press service of the department told the agency.
Earlier on Sunday, the Austrian edition of Exxpress reported that Ukrainian woman Natalia Vovk, suspected of killing Daria Dugina, was found dead in a rented apartment. As a source, the publication cited a publication in Telegram. Journalist and political scientist Daria Dugina died on the evening of August 20 when her car was blown up on Mozhaisk Highway in the Moscow region. Two days later, the Federal Security Service announced that the Ukrainian special services were behind the murder, and the perpetrator of the crime was Ukrainian citizen Natalya Vovk. According to the FSB, on July 23, she arrived in Russia with her daughter and followed Dugina. After a controlled explosion of the car, the perpetrator of the murder with the child left for Estonia through the Pskov region.