Igor Girkin, 52, was arrested by Federal Security Service (FSB) agents at his home in Moscow on Friday
ALEXANDER KAZAKOV/SPUTNIK/KREMLIN POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock“Now [Putin] is the last island of legitimacy and stability of the state,” Girkin wrote.Girkin’s wife confirmed his arrest in a Telegram post.“[If Putin] is not ready to take the leadership over the creation of war-ready conditions then he really needs to transfer the powers, but legally, to someone who is capable of such hard work,” he fired off at the time.
In addition to his fiery online posts, Girkin also co-founded the ultra-nationalist Angry Patriots Club in May.“[Girkin] openly and reasonably criticized the actions of government officials, including the president,” members of the club wrote on Girkin’s Telegram channel on Friday. “We believe that today’s detention undermines the confidence of the country’s population in law enforcement agencies, that it is a continuation of the dishonest fight against [Girkin] and has extremely negative consequences for the stability of the country in the conditions of the North-Eastern Military District.”
Girkin was allegedly searched and detained following a complaint from a former Wagner employee, the state news agency RBC said.Tatiana Stanovaya, founder of the R.Politik analysis firm, said that higher-ups in the Kremlin have been gunning for Girkin’s arrest for a long time.“This is a direct outcome of Prigozhin’s mutiny: the army’s command now wields greater political leverage to quash its opponents in the public sphere.
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