A Shot Across the Bow of Turbo Patriots

This broke today. Igor Strelkov/ Girkin was arrested today, and some charges involve extremism. It’s not the first time the Systema has gone after these people. In 2012 they were severely defanged. Why? Their demands were getting strident and dangerous. He is also a convicted terrorist for shooting down MH 17 and was behind the invasion of the Donbas in 2014.

In the minds of some Russians, he is a hero. So remember this as you read this.

Strelkov was ordered two months of detention and faces up to five years. I am sure they will find ways to give him longer terms. This is from his wife, posted on Strelkov’s Telegram channel.

Today, July 21, 2023, it became known that Igor Ivanovich Strelkov, a Russian military, state and political figure, a hero of the Novorossiya militia, was detained in his apartment in Moscow.

Igor Ivanovich is known to the country as a person who does not compromise in matters of protecting the national interests of Russia. This principled position compels his enemies and the enemies of our country to use methods of slander and provocation against him.

Igor Ivanovich openly and reasonably criticized the actions of government officials, including the president, but the freedom of speech provided by the state testified that the country’s leadership…