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| Prosecutor asks for almost five years in prison in the Strelkov case of extremism |
| 2024-01-19 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. To remind: Igor Strelkov is the call sign for Russian retired reserve FSB Colonel Igor Girkin, who has claimed in the past to be the main operative in the Russian takeover in Crimea and the two breakaway republics, Donetsk and Lugansk. He was formerly in command of separatist forces in the beginning, starting on Slavyansk. He is being sent up for shooting his mouth off about the Russian special military operation in Ukraine. [Regnum] Former DPR Defense Minister Igor Strelkov (Girkin), the state prosecution asked for four years and 11 months in a general regime colony for calls for extremism. The press service of the Moscow City Court reported this. “The state prosecutor requested for Girkin the main punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of four years and 11 months in a general regime colony and an additional one in the form of deprivation of the right to administer sites in telecommunication networks, including on the Internet for three years,” TASS reported in press service of the court. As reported by IA Regnum, Igor Strelkov was detained on July 21, 2023. Since that time he has been under arrest in a pre-trial detention center. He is charged with public calls for extremist activities (under Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Under this article, the accused faces up to five years in prison. Strelkov denies his guilt. In 2014, Igor Strelkov led a militia detachment for several months during battles with the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Slavyansk (DPR). At the beginning of July 2014, Strelkov’s unit, on his orders, retreated from the city. From May 12 to August 14, 2014, he commanded the DPR Armed Forces. On May 16, 2014, Strelkov was appointed Minister of Defense of this republic. In August of the same year he was dismissed. After this, Strelkov left Donbass. |
| Posted by:badanov |