INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
and therefore he has the right to speak out
The authorities, instead of listening to his opinion, are trying to shut his mouth as well as [trying to shut up] other social and political
reported.Widely known under his nom de guerre Igor Strelkov, Girkin was a key leader of pro-Russian separatist militias in the self-declared
hardline nationalist has voiced strong criticism of Russia's military leadership during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine as it faced
politically motivated.Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has also said Girkin should be recognized as a political prisoner despite his
views.In August, while still in pre-trial detention, Girkin announced his intent to run for president in Russia's March 2024 election,
incumbent president and certainly more competent than the defense minister," Girkin said in a social media post announcing his presidential
sentenced Girkin in absentia to life in prison over the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine, which killed all
has been unjustly branded as a "foreign agent" by the Russian government
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