Igor Girkin's Arrest Points to Kremlin Power Struggles
Girkin was detained in Moscow by his former employers, Russia's FSB security service.
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Girkin was detained in Moscow by his former employers, Russia's FSB security service.
Igor Strelkov (Girkin), former leader of terrorists from the "DPR" [self-proclaimed and non-recognised Donetsk People's Republic - ed.], who was arrested in Russia in a case of calls for extremism is being held in a two-man cell in the Lefortovo detention centre in Moscow.
MOSCOW: A prominent hardline nationalist who accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of weakness and indecision in Ukraine was arrested on Friday on charges of extremism, a signal the Kremlin has toughened its approach with hawkish critics after last month's abortive rebellion by the private mercenary group Wagner.
Igor Girkin called Vladimir Putin president a "lowlife" and a "cowardly bum" earlier this week.
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