MOSCOW, Russia – Former separatist commander and nationalist blogger Igor Girkin, better known by his alias Igor Strelkov, has been detained after criticising Russian President Vladimir Putin, his lawyer said on Friday.
Igor Strelkov, who is also known as Igor Girkin, the top military commander of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic”, delivers a press conference on July 28, 2014 in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. Former separatist commander and nationalist blogger Igor Girkin, better known by his alias Igor Strelkov, has been detained after criticising Russian President Vladimir Putin, his lawyer said on July 21, 2023. (Photo by Bulent KILIC / AFP)
“He has been detained by law enforcement,” lawyer Alexander Molokhov told AFP. A message on social media from Girkin’s wife said he had been detained for “extremism”.
