Contents tagged with Strelkov
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Former DPR Defense Minister Girkin arrested in Russia
The former Defense Minister of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, and recently an active blogger, Igor Girkin (aka Strelkov), was detained in Russia.
" I managed to find out from our friends that my husband was charged under Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (extremism). I don't know anything about my husband's whereabouts, he didn't get in touch with me. I was not at home at the time of his arrest," Girkin’s wife Miroslava Reginskaya wrote on her husband's …
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Former DPR Defense Minister Girkin: Russian offensive on Bakhmut has brought no results
The former Defense minister of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, Igor Girkin aka Strelkov, believes that the Russian army has failed the offensive on Bakhmut, which lasted for the past two months and turned into into a meat grinder for the Russian troops. The city never came under the full control of the Russian army, despite the large losses among the Russian troops and the Wagner mercenaries. The entire Russian "great winter offensive" ended in failure, as Russian troops got stuck in …
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Strelkov: Ukrainian Army will wipe out pro-Russian militants during offensive on Donbas
"Ex-Defense Minister" of the unrecognized Donetsk People’s Republic Colonel Igor Strelkov (Girkin) believes that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are now fully capable to retake control of the Donbas by force.
"If Ukraine launches an offensive, the entire existence of DPR and DPR will depend only on one thing: whether the Russian Armed Forces will come to their rescue," Strelkov said in an interview with the Russian TV channel Roy TV. According to him, not only Russia’s help but also the time of …
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Strelkov says he sold his medal for annexation of Crimea
Former Defense Minister of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) Igor Girkin (Strelkov) sold the medal for the annexation of Crimea.
According to Strelkov, the medal for the annexation of Crimea was presented to him by the Russian businessman Konstantin Malofeev.
"I recently sold it because of the material difficulties that every honest person in Russia has," the former defense minister said in an interview with Ukrainian journalist Dmitry Gordon.
The fact that Strelkov put the medal, …
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Girkin: Ukrainian Army can capture Donbas in one week
Former Defense Minister of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic Igor Girkin (Strelkov) said that the Russian authorities "manage" the militias in the Donbas.
"DPR is a gray area that is completely controlled from the outside. And it is managed disgustingly by people with disgusting moral and business qualities. It’s managed from the outside, from the Russian Federation," he told Ukrainian journalist Dmitry Gordon in an interview.
At the same time, according to Strelkov, the Russian …
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Girkin considers extradition and indictment in MH17 case possible in light of new phone call evidence
Igor “Strelkov” Girkin, former “defense minister” of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), has admitted that the investigators of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 catastrophe have intercepted a phone call from 2014 between him and then “prime minister” of the DPR Alexander Borodai. Girkin published his reaction to the recording on VKontakte, a Russian social network.
The Joint Investigation Team’s (JIT) report mentions an intercepted phone call from August 13, 2014, in which …
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Financial problems force former DPR commander Girkin to sell gold medal for Crimean operation
Igor “Strelkov” Girkin, the former ringleader of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) militants, will be auctioning the gold medal he was awarded for his role in the occupation of Crimea.
According to Novaya Gazeta, the auction will be held on 13 April on a Russian website. Girkin hopes to fetch at least 1 million rubles ($15,000) for his 79 gram, 18 karat medal.
“Yes, it is my medal, a non-state [medal]. It was awarded to me by [Konstantin] Malofeev in the spring of 2014, before the start of …
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Strelkov confirms authenticity of the Ukrainian Security Service recording discussing Zakharchenko’s assassination
The former Defense Minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, Igor “Strelkov” Girkin stated on his VKontakte post that the audio recording published by the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) was authentic. The recording captured an assistant to Denis Pushilin discussing the assasination of then DPR head Alexander Zakharchenko with unknown people.
Pushilin was chosen to succeed Zakharchenko a week after the latter was assassinated on August 31.
“I have just received confirmation …
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Former DPR leader Girkin: Russian ruling elite decided to freeze the conflict in Donbas to protect themselves from sanctions
In an interview with RusDay news outlet, former separatist commander Igor Strelkov (Girkin) stated that the Russian ruling elite, which initiated the annexation of the Crimea and have considered creating Novorossia (separatist republics in the Donbas) decided to freeze the military operations in the Donbas because of the personal sanctions imposed by the US and the West.
He believes that those in Moscow who made decisions regarding the Crimea and the Donbas did not take into account the …
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Girkin: Russia driving new parties of 'cannon fodder' into Syria
Militants from the unrecognized Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPR & LPR) are leaving en masse as “volunteers” to the war in Syria, where they will serve as cannon fodder, former DPR Defense Minister Igor Girkin (Strelkov) wrote on his VKontakte page.
“Molkino (a military base where the private military companies involved in combat operations in Syria are trained) is packed with former ‘corps’ fighters and other formations from the ‘separate regions’, who have retired for various …