Article 6D5KJ Russia arrests pro-war Putin critic Igor Girkin, according to reports

Russia arrests pro-war Putin critic Igor Girkin, according to reports

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Andrew Roth
from World news | The Guardian on (#6D5KJ)

FSB agents come to Girkin's home and escort him away in an unknown direction', his wife says

Russia has reportedly arrested Igor Girkin, a former battlefield commander of its proxy forces in east Ukraine who was convicted by a Dutch court over the shooting down of MH17, on extremism charges probably fuelled by his criticism of the Russian war effort in Ukraine.

FSB agents came to his home and escorted him away in an unknown direction", said his wife, Miroslava, according to Girkin's Telegram account.

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