A prominent Russian pro-war blogger who has criticized President Vladimir Putin and his military’s mishaps in Ukraine was arrested on Friday, in a move that suggested the Kremlin’s patience with dissent has grown thinner in the wake of the Wagner mercenary rebellion last month.

Igor Girkin, a former KGB officer who helped Russia seize Crimea and was convicted of mass murder for his role in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine, was taken from his home in Moscow by security agents on Friday and charged with “extremist activity,” according to state media and a post on his Telegram account attributed to his wife.

Girkin, who also goes by the nom de guerre Igor Strelkov, is among the best-known of Russia’s “milbloggers,” a group of war correspondents who support the invasion but have grown increasingly critical of the military’s faltering operations in Ukraine. Girkin had in recent months taken his criticisms to another level, lambasting the Russian state and even Putin himself.

 

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Are they going to give him a flying lesson without benefit of an airplane?meh…..

"Well, Mr. Igor?"

 

"I simply meant Mr. President, that like a low life......."

Edited July 22, 20233 yr by BugJackBaron

20 minutes ago, Tug said:

Are they going to give him a flying lesson without benefit of an airplane?meh…..

Gravity Overdose.

 

or

 

Concrete Poisoning.

That's gonna leave a mark....????