Igor Strelkov (GRU)

Igor Vsevolodovich Girkin Russian IPA160 , better known by the pseudonym Igor Ivanovich Strelkov is a Russian army artillery veteran who played a key role in the Russian occupation of Crimea, and next the War in Donbass as an organizer of the Donetsk Peoples Republic independence movement. Girkin, a selfdescribed Russian nationalist and imperialist, participant of several other conflicts, was charged by Ukraine authorities with terrorism and is currently sanctioned by the European Union for his leading role in the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian authorities have called him a retired colonel of the GRU .

In 2014 Anonymous International disclosed what it said were Girkins personal emails, revealing that he had served in the FSB foryears from 1996 to March 2013, including in Chechnya from 1999 to 2005, The Moscow Times reported. The newspaper also said Girkin was born in Moscow and that it contacted him by email and phone but that he would not confirm the claims. A local proRussia militia leader in Ukraine, Vyacheslav Ponomarev, a selfdescribed old friend of Girkins, said the information about Girkin was true. His pseudonym Strelkov can be roughly translated as Rifleman or Shooter. He has also been dubbed Igor Grozny .

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