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Russian investigators made a decision to classify the case of Igor Strelkov (real surname Girkin), the former Defence Minister in the illegal, Russian-controlled formation in the east of Ukraine, the Donetsk People's Republic.
For all the talk of purges, there’s no mass repression of ultranationalists, army personnel or security officials in Russia.
For the Kremlin, both liberal opposition and Russian nationalists seem to represent an equal threat. In order to eliminate any competition and portray Vladimir Putin as a “moderate leader”, Russia’s ruling elite has started brutally suppressing any kind of criticism of the way the country’s Defense Ministry conducts the so-called "special military operation" in Ukraine.
Dmitry Drize, a Russian political columnist at "Kommersant FM" radio, commented on July 21, 2023, on the recent detention of Igor Girkin, an ardent supporter of war in Ukraine.
Days after the NATO summit in Vilnius, infighting between Russia and Ukraine began to intensify in the Black Sea region, threatening a significant geographic expansion of the conflict.