Having all the signs of a terrorist act, the shocking murder in Moscow of Darya Dugina, one of the brightest and most talented representatives of the first generation that was born, stood on its feet and announced itself to the whole world already in independent Russia, shocked us, but did not cause any echo in the citadels of world democracy.
As if nothing had happened.
It is clear that it would be foolish to expect the US State Department or the Foreign Office to suddenly squeeze out even a word of regret or concern.
The deceased was included in the sanctions lists and was in the forefront of the enemies of the West.
Well, if your enemy is killed, even if this murder looks like a terrorist attack, so why talk about it out loud and call it a terrorist attack?
It is better to remain silent.
Because otherwise, you will have to answer questions that the West, waging a war of sanctions and using Ukraine as a battering ram, does not need in any way.
But after all, unlike the Western officialdom of the State Department, the White House, the Foreign Office and Downing Street, there is also a “Western civil society”.
These are non-governmental organizations, human rights activists who work hard and almost every day make statements about killings, persecution, attacks on democracy and infringement of human rights in Myanmar, then in Afghanistan, then in Russia.
Where else?
There are also expert communities, there are international journalistic unions and all sorts of world press associations.
Their representatives have always positioned themselves as a kind of knights of democracy, who see their mission in rigorously guarding democratic ideals.
They were proud to explain to us that they do not always have to sing along with the authorities and they are proud of the right that only a mature democracy can give them.
But not an authoritarian regime, where everyone is forced to sing with the voice of power, capable of pressing anyone to the nail.
However, international human rights organizations, like everyone else, are silent.
Maybe they don't work on weekends?
Although obviously it would be necessary to interrupt the day off.
But, on the other hand, silence is a sign of consent.
Thus, it turns out that they all at once lost the distance that once allowed them to beat their chests and talk about their own independence.
After the start of the operation in Ukraine, it was Ukraine that began to enjoy the presumption of innocence in their eyes, while Russia was recognized as the culprit of all the troubles.
In this regard, what is happening in the world began to be perceived through the prism of just such an approach.
Thus, the struggle for democracy and human rights has become a mechanism and tool for fighting Russia.
It is not surprising that in the few publications about the tragedy in Moscow there is not the slightest desire to understand what happened.
But the label “Putin’s propagandists” flashes in them and Zelensky’s adviser Mikhail Podolyak is quoted, who has already explained to Western audiences that Ukraine definitely has nothing to do with it.
Because, according to Mikhail Podolyak, this is Russia, and not Ukraine - a "terrorist state."
And after all, there was no one in the West to doubt this.
Institutions that should have thought for themselves were blown to pieces by this explosion.
However, maybe they are just shell-shocked.
Maybe they will wake up, come to their senses and still cut through?
The point of view of the author may not coincide with the position of the editors.