"But he could have gone to The Hague himself—they say the prisons there are more comfortable." Reaction to the arrest of Igor Strelkov-Girkin

On the detention of the former Minister of Defense ДНР Igor Strelkov сообщает RBC, citing sources, reports that he was detained by the FSB.
 
Strelkov's wife said Olga,, that security forces arrived at their apartment at 11:30 a.m., after which her husband was taken away to an unknown location. She learned that he was charged under Article 282 of the Russian Criminal Code (extremism).
 
A search is underway at Strelkov's apartment. The preliminary reason for the search was a statement from a former Wagner PMC employee and former deputy from Yaroslavl Dmitry Petrovsky. is he confessed, who contacted the prosecutor's office four days ago because he could not tolerate the insults directed at the president.
 
"The very same guy who started the war with Ukraine and shot down the Boeing was arrested by the Russian Investigative Committee. He's an extremist, they say. He could have sent himself to The Hague—they say the prisons there are more comfortable." reacted politician Dmitry Gudkov.
 
Political scientist Tatiana Stanovaya writes about Strelkov as “one of the most acute critics of the Ministry of Defense, as well as Fishing season и Shoigu personally".
 
“Strelkov, of course, has long since crossed all possible red lines, and the security forces (from the FSB to military commanders) have been itching to arrest him for a long time,” notes she is.
 
Journalist Andrey Medvedev does not understand against whom specifically Strelkov was “inciting hatred” within the framework of the article on extremism.
 
"Igor Ivanovich has said so much over the last year and criticized so many people that it's unbelievable," пишет he.
 
Igor Strelkov (Girkin) rose to prominence in 2014 when he took command of armed forces in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). Prior to this, he served in the FSB for 17 years.
 
The Hague District Court found him one of the perpetrators of the downing of the Malaysian Boeing and the murder of the 298 people on board. He was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment in the Netherlands.
 
He criticized the Russian Ministry of Defense. Two days ago, Strelkov's Telegram channel posted lunges addressed to Putin and his alleged common-law wife Alina Kabaeva.

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