INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian authorities are seeking to jail Russian army veteran and ex-security officer Igor Girkin for almost five years on extremism charges,
Russia's military leadership in June.Girkin was detained the following month after he made a series of posts on social media criticizing
with Girkin.While still in pre-trial detention, the army veteran announced his bid to run for president in Russia's March election, though
in prison over the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine, which killed 298 people.AFP contributed reporting.
