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    Igor Vsevolodovich Girkin (Russian: И́горь Все́володович Ги́ркин, IPA: [ˈiɡərʲ ˈfsʲevələdəvʲɪdʑ ˈɡʲirkʲɪn]; born 17 December 1970), also known by the...
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    began in April 2014, when a commando unit headed by Russian citizen Igor Girkin seized Sloviansk in Donetsk oblast. The Ukrainian military launched an...
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    with a proximity fuzed warhead such as a Buk. Shortly after the crash, Igor Girkin, leader of the Donbas separatists, was reported to have posted on social...
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    Security Service (FSB) agent and militant leader Igor Girkin, who is also known as Igor Strelkov. Girkin himself has been described as the "most prominent...
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  • confirmed. It is untrue. Unfortunately, no one has been detained yet". Igor Girkin, the commander of pro-Russian forces in the War in Donbass in 2014, admitted...
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    arrests pro-war Putin critic Igor Girkin, according to reports". The Guardian. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2024. "Igor Girkin shot down a passenger jet...
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    Igor Gabilondo (born 1979), Basque-Spanish footballer Igor Gaydamaka, Soviet sprint canoer Igor Girkin (born 1970), Russian army veteran and former Federal...
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    command of former GRU colonel Igor Girkin ('Strelkov'). They had been sent from Russian-occupied Crimea and wore no insignia. Girkin said that this action sparked...
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    expose battlefield lies." In 2014, an archived social media page of Igor Girkin, a separatist rebel leader in Ukraine, showed him boasting about his...
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    the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was shot down by Igor Girkin, Sergey Dubinsky, and Leonid Kharchenko, and crashed in the south of...
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    Russian annexation of Crimea, was appointed as prime minister, while Igor Girkin was made Defence Minister. Borodai had a past working for an openly anti-semitic...
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    Valentin Konovalov, Andrey Klychkov, Sergey Levchenko, Nina Ostanina, Igor Girkin.[citation needed] In June 2023, a few posters advocating for Yevgeny...
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    self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. Malofeev was also former employer of Igor Girkin, a former FSB colonel who provided security services to Malofeev's visits...
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    Russian Armed Forces 'volunteers' under the command of Russian GRU colonel Igor Girkin ('Strelkov'). In response, the Ukrainian Yatsenyuk Government created...
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    Also on 13 May, former FSB officer and former DPR Supreme Commander Igor Girkin harshly criticized Shoigu, accusing him of "criminal negligence" in conducting...
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  • high-profile milbloggers, which some have seen as a crackdown on the community. Igor Girkin (Strelkov) # Vladlen Tatarsky † Mikhail Zvinchuk (Rybar) Semyon Pegov...
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    the 51st Guards Combined Arms Army. Brigade formerly commanded by Igor "Strelkov" Girkin. He was the Minister of Defense of allied separatist militias in...
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    solutions to the flaws in Russia's security exposed by the rebellion. Igor "Strelkov" Girkin called for the execution of Prigozhin for the rebellion and his...
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    government, a reported 55 armed men, led by Russian military veteran Igor Girkin, known as 'Igor Strelkov' stormed Sloviansk, quickly capturing the executive...
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    the media were not allowed to attend the meeting. The Russian saboteur Igor Girkin, on the air of one of the Russian TV programs, admitted that the deputies...
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  • filling the armies of the 'republics' with locals". since peaking in 2015. Igor Girkin, a Russian citizen and FSB officer from Moscow who commanded the Donbas...
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    Dmitry Kiselyov – Russian TV presenter and CEO of Rossiya Segodnya. Igor Girkin – Russian army veteran and former Minister of Defence of the Donetsk...
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    a post appeared on the VKontakte social media profile attributed to Igor Girkin, leader of the Donbas separatist militia, claiming responsibility for...
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    his interview to Novaya Gazeta Borodai acknowledged that he has known Igor Girkin since after the war in Transnistria. Alexander Borodai lives in Moscow...
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    practice actually dates back to the American Civil War. A design depicting Igor Girkin and presumably other Russian leaders appeared during the 2022 Russian...
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    many wounded as killed. However, former Russian officer and milblogger Igor Girkin, opined that Wagner has likely suffered more than 40,000 killed in action...
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  • the discontent expressed by the ultra-nationalist opposition, such as Igor Girkin and Yevgeny Prigozhin, during the 2023 Belgorod Oblast raids. However...
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    (Russian: 1-ая Славянская бригада) – Brigade formerly commanded by Igor "Strelkov" Girkin. He was the Minister of Defense of allied separatist militias in...
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    had fought under Igor Girkin in Sloviansk and escaped from encirclement there. For a short period of time in 2015, part of Girkin's Slavyansk Brigade...
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  • Igor Strelkov may refer to: Igor Strelkov (footballer) (born 1982), Russian footballer Igor Girkin (born 1970), Russian military commander nicknamed "Strelkov"...
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