Igor Strelkov (Girkin) is accused of public calls for extremism and was arrested in July 2023. On Thursday, December 7, the Telegram channel “Moscow Courts of General Jurisdiction” announced the decision of the Moscow City Court to extend his detention for six months.
The arrest period for former FSB officer Igor Strelkov (Girkin) was extended Moscow City Court for six months. He was arrested on July 21, 2023 by the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow in a case of “public calls for extremist activities” brought against him because of his posts on social networks. He does not admit his guilt.
On November 18, Girkin from the pre-trial detention center announced his self-nomination as a candidate in the presidential elections of the Russian Federation. He called on his comrades to start a campaign for his nomination, gave instructions to set up a headquarters to collect signatures, and called on public and political organizations to support him.
In 2014, Strelkov (Girkin) commanded armed forces of pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, writes D.W. From May to August 2014 he was the “Minister of Defense” of the self-proclaimed “DPR”. In November 2022, a court in the Netherlands sentenced him to life imprisonment, having found him guilty in the case of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing crash in the Donetsk region in 2014. The plane crash killed 298 people.
After the Russian military invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, Girkin criticized the Russian leadership, demanding mass mobilization and intensification of military action.
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