Dugin has been recently linked to Mr Putin, whether true or not, and as a philosophical thought leader behind whatever dastardly plans the Kremlin is up to. Western media not so long ago was linking one of the main Russian Federation military academies as ideologically driven by Dugin’s ideas, and he has been painted as a kind of Rasputin figure (an architype that is popping up more and more these days) for old mate in the Kremlin. The Saker hosted articles which denied these ideas as fairytales, so, make of it what you will.
However, Salman Rushdie was recently attacked in the West, which is a blast from the past and provocative. The Dugin attack within the same week. I wonder if there is a link there? Is this the wetworks business coming into the open, nostril-for-tat perhaps?
(had to laugh at the no-swearing-bot messing up the second last word above)