22 July 2023 at 02:17 Putin-critical military blogger arrested A Putin-critical blogger was arrested in Moscow on Friday after he called President Vladimir Putin an “inferior”, writes CNN. Igor Girkin, who also goes by the name Igor Strelkov, is a prominent Russian military blogger. He is a former KGB officer who was in the Crimean peninsula when Russia annexed it. He has also been convicted of murder after an Airbus plane was shot down over eastern Ukraine in 2014. On Friday, he was picked up at his home in Moscow by security agents and charged with extremism, according to state media. later in the day he was shown in a glass cage in a courtroom in Moscow, AP reports. In recent months, Girkin has increased his criticism of Russia’s military leaders. He is also said to be involved in an ultra-nationalist group that calls itself “Angry Patriots”. The criticism peaked on Tuesday when he called the president an “under-meter” and a “cowardly bum” on Telegram.
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