The Meshchansky Court in Moscow ordered the detention of former Defense Minister of the DPR, Igor Strelkov-Girkin, until September 18 on charges of incitement to extremism on the Internet. DEA News.
Strelkov had previously asked the court to place him under house arrest.
He is charged with Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public calls for extremist activities using the media or the Internet). Strelkov could be sentenced to up to 5 years in prison.
The arrest of Igor Strelkov and searches of his apartment on July 21 were reported by RBC. According to the detainee’s wife, he was taken from the house in an unknown direction by representatives of law enforcement.
Earlier, the arrest of the former DPR Minister of Defense commented Retired Air Force Colonel Viktor Alksnis. According to him, this was to be expected, since Strelkov was the first on the list of patriots who supported the conduct of special operations, but criticized the way it was carried out.
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