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Igor Strelkov considers a military clash between the Russian Federation and Ukraine in the Donbas to be inevitable. According to him, there are two scenarios for the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), to which two responses from the Russian Federation are also possible. Former Minister of Defense of Donetsk people's republic described the details of the likely collision on his social media page on Wednesday.
According to Strelkov, the first stage of the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the corps of the people's republics can be organized along the entire front (the first option) or in several key areas to test Moscow's reaction (the second option).
According to the first option, “by the end of the second day, Donetsk will be completely cut off from the communications of the Russian Federation, Luhansk - it is also possible. By the end of the third day, only separate pockets of defense will remain from the corps, which can exist from several days to 1-3 weeks. But without the armed intervention of the Russian Federation, this will not matter. On the 4-5th day (possibly even earlier), the Armed Forces of Ukraine will reach the border with the Russian Federation in all main directions and begin to strengthen their positions, ”Strelkov predicts.
The second option for the Ukrainian forces at the first stage involves concentrated strikes in several key areas. Strelkov considers Petrovsky district of Donetsk, Gorlovka, Debaltseve and a number of others to be such areas. “Due to the suddenness of the strike and the creation of multiple superiority, the main goals of the operation, in this case, will be achieved by the end of the first day of the offensive or, under adverse conditions, on the second or third day,” Strelkov writes. If Ukrainian intelligence detects assistance from the Russian Federation, then the Armed Forces of Ukraine "will switch to tough defense, relying on close rear and artillery positions, having covered flanks." If there is no reaction from the Russian Federation, or if it is not large enough, the Ukrainian offensive will continue after a short operational pause.
In any scenario, the Ukrainian forces will be supported by the United States through the provision of intelligence data, and also, probably, by means of electronic warfare, Strelkov suggests. If Moscow does not decide on a full-scale defense of the republics, then the entire military operation will end in success.
If the Russian Federation decides to defend the DPR and LPR, then “the whole burden of fighting with the Armed Forces of Ukraine will fall on regular Russian troops". Since the local police "corps" will be destroyed, and the combat effectiveness of their remnants will be very small. “The enemy will try to make the most of the initiative and impose their conditions of battle. After 4-7 days of fighting according to the rules of the enemy, the situation can easily come to a significant defeat of the "northerners" and the loss of their offensive potential," Strelkov warns. At the same time, the losses of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will far exceed the losses of the Ukrainians.
At the second stage of the operation, Russia's response can be either limited (the first option) or strategic (the second option). In case of limited support, the pro-Russian troops will not be able to restore the front line and return the lost territories. “Bloodless formations will be forced to go on the defensive, Moscow will proactively try to reach a truce - which will be a defeat with far-reaching consequences,” Strelkov writes.
Large-scale assistance (second option) involves a strike on Kharkov or at least across the border Lugansk region north of the Seversky Donets river. With a decisive operation, this can lead to an operational encirclement and complete defeat of the entire grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbass. True, this will lead to significant foreign policy damage to the Russian Federation. In addition, it is very likely that "NATO peacekeepers" will be sent to Ukraine.
But even with the complete defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbass, the big war will not end. Any truce will be used by the enemy to restore the front and speed up the internationalization of the conflict, argues Strelkov.
After the explicit support of the people's republics, military pressure on Russia may intensify in Syria. The United States and its allies will try to block the grouping of Russian forces in Syria and deprive them of supplies. In the future, 2-3 months, this will lead to the collapse of the combat capability of the expeditionary force and allied forces and their defeat or surrender (complete or "honorable" - by involuntary evacuation). All scenarios are extremely disadvantageous for Russia. All of them lead to external - and internal political crisis and, probably - to turmoil, Strelkov suggests.
Meanwhile, the armed forces of Ukraine continue shelling Donbass. And the military leadership of the Russian Federation declares the high morale of the Russian military. “Today, the level of moral and psychological readiness of military personnel to perform tasks as intended is assessed as high,” Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday at a meeting of the board of the department. Our servicemen show numerous examples of courage and heroism, loyalty to military duty in Syria. High military skills and combat skills of servicemen are confirmed during operational and combat training," Shoigu said.
At the same time, reports came from Donbass about numerous violations of the ceasefire regime. In particular, on Wednesday, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired from armored vehicles at the village of Spartak in the north of Donetsk. Earlier, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched artillery strikes on the village of Zaitsevo in the north of Gorlovka and Dokuchaevsk.
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Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) Igor Strelkov(Girkin) on Thursday evening, July 20, held a public debate. Leader of the Novorossiya movement Strelkov invited Navalny to the debate ... gives the answer "an officer's honor." In 2014, ex-FSB officer Igor Strelkov led the defense of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk during the battles with the Ukrainian ... Former DPR leaders spoke about the role of Surkov in the appointment of Zakharchenko ... the internal politics of the unrecognized republics of Donbass, former rebel leaders told Reuters. Igor Strelkov RBC told RBC that the presidential aide played a key role in the appointment ... the former Minister of Defense of the DPR Igor Strelkov(Girkin). He also stated that Surkov contributed to the appointment of the head of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) Igor Plotnitsky. “His [Surkov... 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After that Strelkov headed the Ministry of Defense of the self-proclaimed DPR and held this position in the leadership ... Strelkov allowed the creation of an opposition party to Putin ... self-proclaimed DPR Igor Strelkov did not rule out the creation of a new party that would be in opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Such a statement Strelkov made at the conference of the center of Stepan Sulakshin, dedicated to "parties of a new type", writes "Kommersant". Igor Strelkov(Girkin) It is assumed that the party...Politics, 15 Sep 2015, 20:33
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Strelkov called Putin a "hostage" of the Ukrainian conflict ... republics Igor Strelkov(Girkin) said that Russian President Vladimir Putin became a “hostage” of the Ukrainian conflict, as he refused to annex Donbass to Russia. Igor Strelkov(Girkin... to comment on later allegations of Russia's large-scale military presence in the Donbass. Strelkov said that the militia had nothing to do with the crash of a passenger plane ... Strelkov claimed responsibility for the military conflict in Ukraine ... DNR Igor Strelkov called himself responsible for unleashing hostilities in eastern Ukraine. “I still pulled the trigger of the war,” said Strelkov, explaining ... the people's republic and the ex-head of the military detachments of the militias Igor Girkin (better known as Strelkov) declared that he was personally responsible for the hostilities ... dozens of those killed, burned, arrested. And that would be the end of it," he explained. Strelkov. 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With Igor Malofeev became closely acquainted with Girkin in Kyiv in January, when he brought ... Strelkov and Borodai received the title of heroes of the DPR ... , according to a message on the website of the DPR administration. According to the text of the decree, Strelkov and Borodai were awarded the title of hero "for their great contribution to education ... and the courage and heroism shown at the same time." Igor Strelkov(Girkin) Former member of the Russian special services Igor Girkin ( Strelkov) appeared in southeastern Ukraine in April. He was one of the leaders of the militia in SlavyanskPost Minister of Defense of the DPR Strelkov ... Hackers announced the exit of the Astrakhan region from Russia ... of the People's Republic", signing it with the names of the governor, head of the FSB department and Igor Strelkova On the official website of the Astrakhan Regional Duma on the night of ... the regional department of the FSB, Yuri Seryshev and the former Minister of Defense of the DPR Igor Strelkov(Girkin). The manifesto noted that "the short-sighted and criminal policy of the federal... The congress of supporters of Novorossiya in Yalta was held without Strelkov and the Crimean authorities ... self-proclaimed republics, Alexander Borodai as a representative of the Donetsk People's Republic and Igor Strelkov as a representative of the Luhansk People's Republic, as well as field commander Aleksey ... The main headquarters of the DNR was headed by another Strelkov ... Resigned on Thursday from the post of Minister of Defense of the DPR Igor Strelkov will not head the main headquarters of the Ministry of Defense of the self-proclaimed republic, as previously reported ... stated that it was Igor Strelkov head the General Staff and only then corrected her mistake. Igor Strelkov left his post on the evening of August 14 ... Purgin, as well as the former head of the republican government Alexander Borodai. Place Igor Strelkov as Minister of Defense will be a member of the Security Council of the DNR... Cut-off tactics: how the Ukrainian army surrounds Luhansk ... published in the Strelkov Reports group on behalf of the commander of the Donbass rebels Igor Strelkov (located in Donetsk). A breakthrough made with the help of significantly enhanced ... Divided militia prepares to blow up bridges in Donetsk ... -millionaire "in other ways with the current number of militias. Commander-in-Chief of the militia forces Igor Strelkov(Girkin) said at a press conference that the preparation of the city for defense ... in the amount of about 8 thousand UAH (about 23 thousand rubles)", - announced Strelkov.In anticipation of the start of the assault, the leadership of the DPR announced plans to ... again and we will act hand in hand," he said on Thursday Strelkov. Kulbitskaya does not comment on the fate of Khodakovsky.pic#0Alexander Artemyev with the participation of... Militias began preparing the defense of Donetsk ... Minister of Defense of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Igor Strelkov announced plans to prepare the defense of Donetsk. It is in this ... flagrant shortage of weapons and ammunition," he said Strelkov in an interview published on the militia website ikorpus.ru. Strelkov revealed some details of the retreat. According to him...The Miserable Coward Igor Girkin (Strelkov)
From strelkov_i_i another opus appeared on the topic of protecting the “Russian world”. This pompous asshole goes out of his way to demonstrate his concern for the fate of the commander of the Donbass militia. It looks ridiculous and stupid, because everyone knows that Girkin is a hypocrite, trying in vain to regain his trust.
Igor Girkin (Strelkov)
Yesterday, Strelkov asked Vkontakte to spread information about the detention of Vadim Pogodin, the commander of the battalion with the call sign "Kerch" of the DPR in 2014. He pretended that he was concerned about this "unfair" situation, because relations between Strelkov and Pogodin were not the warmest. Here is what he said about Kerch:
Igor Strelkov about relations with Vadim Pogodin
And for this "dirty liar" Girkin drowns? Strelkov does not care about him, he only needs PR. These ostentatious intercessions for Pogodin are yet another reason to throw mud at Russia. Girkin showed us all his insides when he began to scribble worthless scribbles in social networks. From the command of the battalion, he slipped into gossip sucking. How many times have I read how he criticizes the leadership of the DPR or the Russian government. Tons of accusations rained down on Moscow for unwillingness to intervene in the Ukrainian conflict or succumb to the provocations of the American coalition in the SAR. At the same time, Strelkov, as a military man, does not understand at all what the consequences will be if there is a clash of interests between Russia and the United States in Syria. Strelkov criticizes Moscow for the wrong chosen course, the wrong government. Well, of course, only he knows what our country really needs. Girkin talks about foreign policy like an expert, but he does not even close to understand what he is talking about. All his ridiculous statements are populist nonsense that is not worthy of the attention of a normal person.
And the most disgusting thing is that Strelkov pours all this bile on the leadership of the DPR or Russia just to show himself, to pay attention to how his poor man was allegedly offended and almost forced to collect coins and dump him. Strelkov is a man of seemingly military hardening, a former commander of the DPR, but behaves like Small child, whose toy was taken away and therefore he is now playing dirty tricks. And after all, he is not a hero, but a miserable coward who fled to Russia at the first serious difficulty.
Girkin surrendered Slavyansk. Without a fight He simply leaked the territory important for the militia, and then retreated. His colleagues simply did not believe that the person in whom they believed and hoped, without any regret, abandoned his comrades and residents of Donbass. But now all of them, without regret, call Strelkov a traitor and a coward. Here are just some of the comments about him:
Dan Peacemaker on Strelkov
Evgeny Kryzhin about Girkin
Mayor of Slavyansk about Strelkov:
And this coward teaches us about life? Seriously? He failed to realize himself as a commander, but succeeded in the blogosphere. Now Strelkov sits and scribbles his nasty stamen fingers on the keyboard in the hope that he will be respected. And why respect, sorry? For spinelessness and weakness? For arrogance and hypocrisy? This decrepit old man, who found himself a young wife, can only slander and shit on the Internet. Fuck him.
Upon his return, Girkin plunges into the pseudo-monarchist movement. Starting to promote to the throne of Russia the fascist underlays who overthrew Nicholas 2 and then served (Maria Hohenzollern, heiress of the Third Reich) to the fascists - the Hohenzolerns and their creature Nicholas 3 Leiningen) He already enjoys a certain authority of a veteran (among purely civil monarchists ).
However, in the spring of 1993 he was drafted into the army. It is already restless in Chechnya, and he asks to serve there, even brings a box of vodka to the military registration and enlistment office, but the military commissar, given his state of health, sends him to the air defense unit in the Moscow region. Where Girkin endures all the hardships of hazing throughout the year, in fact, in the position of "lowered" (adjusted for the absence of homosexual contacts, at least there is no information about them).
Thus, the official military system deals a heavy blow to Girkin's psyche. After all, he asked to be at the forefront, has combat experience - and he was humiliated in every way. Thus, in addition to the previous complexes, a new one is formed - hostility and distrust towards regular military personnel, a hidden understanding that it cannot equal them, jealousy, neglect - an explosive cocktail, which is expressed in a tendency to insubordination, which will fully manifest itself in the Donbass.
Nevertheless, with all his disgust for the military system, he still does not see himself outside the war (because to whom war is Girkin’s mother), and in 1995 he goes to serve under a contract in Chechnya, in self-propelled artillery (Acacia). Fights loader, then gunner - again fighting in the absence of contact with the enemy.
Then - again PSEUDO-monarchist party in the capital, other patriotic pseudo-patriotic circles. During this period, he met Alexander Borodai, the future prime minister of the DPR.
He starts writing on the Antiques forum under the nickname Kotych, which he still does
Girkin, under the nickname Kotych, confirms (dismissing his screenshots)
(Girkin rode mayDOWN while studying the mechanism of the revolution)
Girkin is not satisfied with conversations, he strives to do at least some applied things, to form battle groups, in the hope that when power collapses, he will hang the enemies of the Motherland and take power. As a result, according to rumors, he turns out to be a recruited agent of one of the intelligence services, and is engaged in denunciation of his comrades.
Almost simultaneously, he marries hastily, "on the fly", as often happens with men who have long remained virgins. A child is born with genetic abnormalities, even then there are suspicions that this is Igor's heredity, but he does not want to hear about it, he categorically refuses to undergo an examination, and blames his wife for everything. As a result, there is a divorce with a scandal, Girkin prefers to forget about the "unsuccessful" child.
For the first three years of his service, he actively destroys his own comrades by conviction, transferring previously secret activities to a professional basis. This inconvenient fact leaves his consciousness: in part he is blinded by the fact that he is now a real officer, with a uniform (that is, finally equal to those who bullied him), in part - he contemptuously treats many of his former comrades, believing that only he himself is the standard of the Russian patriot, and all means are good to increase his influence.
He - in fact, builds a career not according to the model of the White Guard officers, but according to the model of Yevno Azef, double agent, a provocateur who works both for the special services and for the conspirators. Obviously he can't admit it to himself.
The fate of a sadist
The complexes multiply and overlap each other: on the one hand, Girkin has finally officially entered the coveted caste, on the other hand, he feels himself behind enemy lines, not abandoning his plans to defeat the hated regime.
In 1999, he asked for an appointment to serve in the CTO zone in the North Caucasus. And spends the next five years there.
His professional skills as a counterintelligence officer, according to a number of reviews, are extremely doubtful, but he is characterized by pathological cruelty and sadistic methods of interrogation, as a result of which he receives "operational information".
There is a story that in the course of the implementation of unverified information, Girkin organized the shooting of a cafe with visitors who were not involved in terrorists. The military prosecutor's office conducted an audit, during which Girkin was removed from the staff.
Then it appears, while in the operational and military circles in the CTO zone, the call sign "Strelok" (previously Girkin, under the pseudonym "Igor Strelkov", signed his military prose in the form of notes about Bosnia).
In Chechnya, there is a story with the second marriage of Igor. He falls in love with a Chechen translator, 23-year-old Vera, who is married to a local policeman. Girkin organizes the detention and subsequent imprisonment of Vera's husband, and takes the woman away to his place, an act in the style of a cruel parody of the Caucasian traditions of bride kidnapping, the "Prisoner of the Caucasus". Vera's first marriage is never dissolved.
funny wound
A trend begins to be traced - unpreparedness for equal relations with women, the need to sublimate an inferiority complex, dominate relationships, hence the choice of a obviously younger and intellectually undeveloped, but attractive girl.
In this marriage, two children will be born, boys, both with genetic diseases. It will become obvious to everyone who knows that the reason is Igor, for him the topic will be a taboo, he will divorce Vera, he will not actually provide assistance to children.
The divorce occurred a few years after returning from Chechnya to Moscow. The realities of existence in the central apparatus of the DBT FSB - the inability to cost a career, and at least equal relations with colleagues, lack of money, disappointment in his wife and children - all this leads Girkin to an extremely depressed state, he begins to drink decently and systematically (although up to 30 years old, in general didn't drink).
In the service, he again oversees the patriotic movement. At times, he tries to use official opportunities to work for strangers, however, when he finds himself in a difficult situation that threatens publicity and punishment, he panics and refuses everyone.
There are only two outlets left: military-historical reconstruction and " literary creativity". Writes a book of romantic fairy tales for children.
He goes into reconstruction with his head, spending all the money on this not the cheapest hobby. Except period uniform Patriotic War 1812 and the Civil one, which he had earlier, wears the uniform of the period of the Second World War, creates a machine gun club, buys several models of Maxim machine guns. Also acquires Roman legionary armor.
In the summer of 2007, under tragicomic circumstances, he received a "wound" - damage to the lower leg by a fragment of a shell that exploded directly under the fire in the camp of Girkin and his comrades, who had come to excavate battlefields in the Novgorod region (the so-called "Myasnoy Bor"). An old friend who took him out of the forest has since refused to communicate with him, motivating the refusal by Girkin's "womanly behavior".
Girkin is delivered to Moscow by a specially sent driver Borodai, by this time Girkin and Borodai are already old friends, but Girkin is brewing another mania - rivalry with Borodai. The moneyless Girkin receives regular assistance from Borodai, but behind his back calls him a slippery businessman and a man who exchanged an idea for money. Borodai moves in political circles, but Girkin considers himself much more worthy for political activity.
In early 2013, Girkin actually comes to a crisis. He is fired "without the right to wear a uniform." The reason is that he did not pass a test with a psychologist (according to close people, he attacked a specialist with his fists, not wanting to answer questions about sexual life). Naturally, Girkin argues that the testing is rigged by Russia's enemies and Western intelligence agencies.
Soon, Girkin's old acquaintances call Boroday and ask him to put Girkin somewhere, otherwise he will get drunk. As a result, Borodai arranges Konstantin Malofeev as the head of the security service (from the second time, at first Malofeev really does not like Girkin).
Then the story begins with the tour of the Gifts of the Magi, Girkin ensures the safety of shrines in Kyiv and the Crimea, and preparations for the Crimean spring begin.
Russian spring
As soon as the adrenaline subsided after the forced march to Slavyansk and the occupation of the city, Girkin begins to experience ever-increasing stress. It is made up of several factors:
Intoxication with oneself, a feeling of being a leader and commander, which is intensively fueled by the curtsies of the locals, who see him as the commander of the lead detachment of the Russian army
The need to communicate with a large number of people, manage them, make decisions, at least adequately respond to curtsies
A terrible fear of physical pain and death (in fact, for the first time he is on the front line, with the prospect of being surrounded and deploying large-scale hostilities (which will really begin soon)
As a result, Girkin locks himself in the premises of the Security Service of Ukraine and the adjacent laundry building, and builds communication with others according to the principle of "Goodwin the Great and Terrible": a minimum of direct contacts, monosyllabic meaningful answers, relatively normal communication only with a narrow circle of people who adequately express their admiration for the First. Behind this practice, he hides his failure as a leader, which is confirmed by the personalities of those close to him (for example, Igor Druz, Vika-Vika, Igor Ivanov and others are either freaks or soft-spoken scammers and thieves).
For the first time having received wide popularity and feeling the beginning popularity, Girkin is actively entering the public space.
Flight from the front
Girkin's tendency to disobey and rejection of the system (since the system rejected him at one time) leads to a perverted form of access to the public space: Girkin does not want to enter the information space as the head of the DPR Ministry of Defense; units, but as private publications by Girkin under the pseudonym "Kotych" on an Internet forum of lovers of reconstruction and military antiques.
That is, Girkin does not work in a team, does not associate himself with the republic, he has his own private opinion about everything. Understanding that in such a situation a member of the government cannot have a private opinion - Girkin does not. He sees himself as the arbiter and measure of everything.
Girkin regularly makes video messages on the Internet, stating that "we are few, we are fighting for the entire Donbass, there are no weapons." This did not correspond to the real state of affairs. There were two reasons for these tragic statements:
Formation of one's own heroic portrait of the "Knight of the Sad Image", the only Hope of the Russian People
Preparing the ground for flight under the pretext that he was abandoned by everyone (Girkin is already very scared, active hostilities are underway; he is also full of consciousness of the value of his person for history and sees his main task in preserving himself for Russia)
Strelkov's management style in Slavyansk is characterized, on the one hand, by extremely inept command and passivity in the conduct of hostilities; on the other hand, extreme and unnecessary cruelty towards "suspicious persons" (mainly from among the local population, officials of the old administration). He also takes revenge on his associates, who are not loyal enough to him, as he himself thinks.
At the same time, Strelka, who is widely known in the media and the Internet, but an insolvent figure (does not own the situation), cannot be called a real commander. A number of independent groups operating in the Slavyansko-Kramatorsk agglomeration are simply guided by and interacting with his people, Mozgovoi formally comes under the command of Strelok, but this is done largely for ideological reasons and has no real implementation. He controls the military forces, he is criminally mediocre, given the losses.
By the time he left Slavyansk, Girkin's psychological crisis had reached its peak. He spontaneously, contrary to orders, decides to flee, leaves quickly and secretly, abandons some of his people and journalists.
The currently popular legend that Girkin came to restore order in Donetsk, which was about to be surrendered, is absolutely untrue. This version was born only in the fall of 2014, when Strelok had already been in Russia for a couple of months and was busy maintaining his reputation. In fact, Girkin is afraid to go to Donetsk, realizing that there will be many claims against him.
Then Strelka has no choice but to go to Donetsk. A million-strong city with a difficult balance of power frightens Strelka, he still does not know how to build relationships with normal men, and therefore he is only formally considered the head of the DPR Defense Ministry and does not try to exercise his powers in relation to really strong commanders.
Panic and humiliation
Girkin commands only a part of those who left Slavyansk. On the bayonets of the Slavs who remained loyal, Girkin turns his energy into the usual channel: he deals with the obviously weak, that is, with civilians.
In Donetsk, Girkin meets his current, third wife. The type is the same again: 21 years old, poorly educated, outwardly attractive native of the Ivanovo region of the Russian Federation, Miroslava Reginskaya, who came to Donetsk to study, but really entered only to work in night club. She works in the Prime Minister's Office. Girkin is impressed by the girl, walks around her in circles, she also focuses on more brutal men. Miroslava accepts Girkin's courtship only after leaving for the Russian Federation, when no one needs her, according to the principle - "for lack of a better", but pretty soon she tries on the role of a fighting girlfriend of the savior of the Russian World. Girkin flees to Russia.
Life after fear
Psychological complexes and the character of a person explain a lot in human destiny. But a person is one who is theoretically able to rise above himself. At that moment, when the militia heroically fought against the nationalist battalions and the Ukrainian regular army, and the glory of the "300 Strelkovtsy" thundered in the Donbass, Girkin could make the most important choice in his life - to remain in history as a hero, and not as a petty provocateur. But it turned out that he had enough cruelty to arrest people, provocation of senseless victims, intransigence in torture and violence against those who were already in his power, "in the basement." But his own determination and courage were not enough for him. A hero is one who sacrifices himself for a lofty goal, yes, often at the risk of others, but above all, facing the challenges of fate personally. But the provocateur - he risks only others. And when he realized that the "brilliant plan" had failed, he panicked, and nearly killed the entire militia. Girkin is unlikely to get another chance to overcome the train of humiliation and complexes, and PR and political attempts will make him more and more ridiculous. Such is the fate of an imitator, a reenactor, a provocateur who had a chance to become a hero of history, but who will remain a character in dirty and cruel jokes.
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Family
Born on December 17, 1970 in Moscow, in a family of hereditary military men. I have been interested in history since childhood. Married, two children.
According to rumors, Strelkov is currently married for the third time (according to another version, he was divorced after his second marriage).
Mother Alla Ivanovna, sister - that's all that is known about his family.
In September 2014, information appeared that he lives in one of the regions of Russia.
Biography
Since 1989, he has been fond of military reconstruction and the history of the White movement. Adheres to monarchical beliefs.
In 1993 he graduated from the Moscow State Institute of History and Archives.
In 1993-1994, he served in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, a shooter of the security company of the 190th missile technical base in Golitsino (military unit 11281 of the Air Defense Ministry; now disbanded).
After completing military service, he remained to serve under a contract: first, as part of a motorized rifle brigade, and then as a military intelligence officer.
He took part in the fighting in Transnistria in June - July 1992 (volunteer of the 2nd platoon of the Black Sea Cossack troops, Koshnitsa - Bendery), in Bosnia from November 1992 to March 1993 inclusive (2nd Russian volunteer detachment, 2nd Podrinsky light infantry and 2nd Maevitsky brigades of the Republika Srpska, Visegrad - Priboy), in Chechnya (166th guards separate motorized rifle brigade, March - October 1995, and in parts special purpose from 1999 to 2005), performed special tasks in other regions of Russia.
From January 6, 1998 to October 2000, he is published in the Zavtra newspaper, writes about Russian volunteers who fought in Bosnia, about the situation in Chechnya and other hot spots on Russian territory, and criticizes the national policy of the authorities. In the newspaper, he met Alexander Borodai.
In August 1999, special correspondents of the Zavtra newspaper Alexander Borodai and Igor Strelkov prepared a report from the Kadar zone of Dagestan about how the special forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs carried out a cleansing of several villages where Wahhabis lived.
He worked as a correspondent for the independent Internet agency "ANNA-News", which was registered in Abkhazia in July 2011.
According to some information, after his retirement, he worked as the head of the security service of the investment fund "Marshal-Capital" of the Russian businessman K. V. Malofeev. For a long time, a friend of Igor Strelkov, Alexander Boroday, also worked as a representative of this investment fund.
At the end of January 2014, he ensured the security of the Athonite shrines delivered to Kyiv from Greece - the Gifts of the Magi, and also visited Euromaidan.
Well known among the military history reenactors of Moscow. On one of the Internet forums dedicated to the recreation of the war with Napoleon in 1812 and the Civil War, he is a moderator. He led the club "Consolidated machine gun team", formed on the basis of the military-historical club "Moscow Dragoon Regiment". He took part in such reconstructions as "War of the 16th year" in August 2009, the festival "In Memory of the Civil War" in February 2010, "Civil War in the South of Russia", "Valor and death of the Russian guards". He was a member of the military-historical club "Markovtsy".
In May 1996, he was enrolled in the Drozdovsky association with the rank of non-commissioned officer.
According to Strelkov himself, he is a retired colonel of the FSB of Russia (he resigned on March 31, 2013).
According to the British BBC, Strelkov's last place of employment was the 2nd Service's Office for Combating International Terrorism (Service for the Protection of the Constitutional System and Combating Terrorism) of the FSB of Russia.
According to the Ukrainian media, which began to appear after April 15, 2014, Igor Strelkov was an active officer of the GRU special forces of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. The Ukrainian side, however, did not provide evidence for these allegations. Strelkov refutes this information.
Participation in the Ukrainian crisis (political activity)
According to Strelkov, he came to Ukraine on his own initiative, guided by personal convictions. Gathered around him local opponents of the new Ukrainian authorities and organized a detachment of the people's militia.
According to information voiced by Vitaliy Naida, one of the heads of the counterintelligence service of the Security Service of Ukraine, during the Crimean crisis, Igor Strelkov was an assistant on security issues to the Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov.
According to journalist Oleg Kashin, on March 2, negotiations with the newly appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Navy D.V. Berezovsky were conducted by the same person who later headed the self-defense of Slavyansk, Igor Ivanovich Aksyonov's ally, whom he was introduced to as an active employee of the GRU.
According to the SBU, Strelkov crossed the state border of Ukraine on April 12 "to implement a forceful scenario of covert aggression" in the southeastern regions of Ukraine.
On April 13, in Sloviansk, a group of SBU officers who were traveling in cars were ambushed. They were fired upon by unknown persons. As a result, one officer was killed and three more were wounded. According to the SBU, Igor Strelkov led the attackers.
On April 16, in the region of Slavyansk, militia forces blocked units of the 25th Dnepropetrovsk Airborne Brigade of the Airborne Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to the information provided by the press center of the SBU, the seizure of weapons and six units of military equipment (BTR-D and BMD) from the Dnepropetrovsk paratroopers was carried out under the leadership of Igor Strelkov. The SBU also claims that Strelkov took part in the recruitment of military personnel of the airmobile brigade, as a result of which some of them went over to the side of the militia.
On April 14, records appeared on the Internet, designated as negotiations of "separatists" operating in the south-east of Ukraine, in which a person with the call sign "Shooter" reports on the successful liquidation of representatives of the SBU leadership in the Slovyansk region during an anti-terrorist operation launched by Ukrainian law enforcement agencies.
In the comments to these negotiations, the media suggested that the person with the call sign "Shooter" is one of the leaders of the "separatists", Igor Strelkov, and his interlocutor is Russian businessman Alexander Borodai, who worked in the investment fund "Marshal-Capital" Konstantin Malofeev.
According to the SBU, Strelkov's group was involved in the murder of Volodymyr Rybak, deputy of the Gorlovsky City Council of the Donetsk region from the Batkivshchyna party, who was kidnapped on April 17. On April 29, Strelkov was included in the list of persons against whom Western sanctions were imposed - a ban on entry and an asset freeze in the EU. On June 20, he was included in the US sanctions list.
According to media reports, on April 26, the interim leadership of the Donetsk People's Republic entrusted Igor Strelkov with the leadership of checkpoints. Igor Strelkov himself was named the head of the people's militia of Donbass.
On April 26, Igor Strelkov for the first time publicly gave an interview to Komsomolskaya Pravda correspondents, in which he described the latest events involving his subordinates, their composition, motivation, and also outlined the immediate goals and objectives of the forces under his control.
May 2 Ukrainian strong structure resumed the offensive in the area of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, Strelkov led the militias defending Slavyansk.
On May 12, the state sovereignty of the DPR was proclaimed. On the same day, Igor Strelkov announced that he had accepted the post of commander armed forces DPR, and announced the introduction of the counter-terrorist operation (CTO) regime.
The order issued by Strelkov called on the Russian Federation "to take measures adequate to the situation to protect the population of the DPR, including the possibility of bringing in a contingent of peacekeeping forces from the eastern border." It also stated that "within the framework of the CTO, all militants of Ukrainian neo-Nazi groups (the so-called" National Guard", "Right Sector", "Lyashko battalion", "Donbass battalion", etc.) are subject to detention, disarmament, and in case of armed resistance, they are destroyed on the spot. On May 15, the DPR Supreme Council appointed Igor Strelkov head of the Security Council and Defense Minister of the DPR.
Strelkov resolutely and cruelly fought looting in his units - on May 26, his order was published, which announced that two commanders of the "people's militia" in Slavyansk were shot by order of the military field tribunal "for looting, armed robbery, kidnapping, leaving combat positions and concealment of committed crimes.Strelkov tried to create an army on the traditions of the Russian imperial army and Christian values.
During the defense of Slavyansk, the leadership of the Russian Federation was in no hurry to assist the rebels. Individuals in the leadership of Russia they actively opposed the rebels, and even recommended Strelkov to "close his shop."
On the night of July 5, 2014, a group of militias numbering about two thousand people with a column of armored vehicles broke through from the encircled Slavyansk to neighboring Kramatorsk, from where it later went to Gorlovka and Donetsk. According to Strelkov, 80-90% of the equipment, weapons and militia personnel, their families, as well as those who helped them left the city.
On July 16, Strelkov, who declared himself the military commandant of Donetsk, introduced martial law in it in order to prepare the city for a siege.
On August 13, a message appeared in the media about the severe wounding of Igor Strelkov, but a few hours later it was refuted by representatives of the DPR.
On August 14, Strelkov resigned from the post of Minister of Defense of the Donetsk People's Republic "in connection with the transfer to another job." His place was taken by Vladimir Kononov. On August 15, the head of the DPR, Alexander Zakharchenko, announced that Strelkov was going on a month's vacation, after which he "would have new assignments on the territory of Novorossia."
On September 11, Strelkov gave an interview in which he stated that he did not intend to return to the Donbass, and also called for political support for President Vladimir Putin and for countering the activities of the "fifth column" in Russia.
October 4 Strelkov gave exclusive interview to the agency of Novorossia, in which he directly accused Vladislav Surkov of striving for destruction, plunder instead of help:
“Unfortunately, those people who are now dealing with the issues of Novorossia on the territory of Russia, who are authorized to do this, in particular, the notorious Vladislav Yuryevich Surkov, these are people who are aimed only at destruction, who will not provide any real and effective help. Specifically, V. Yu showed himself brilliantly in this regard in South Ossetia, in other regions, wherever he was, we dealt with "cuts" and looting instead of real help ".
Participating on the forum-antikvariat.ru forum under the nickname Kotych, he regularly posted there reports of hostilities in the DPR and commented on the situation in the DPR and LPR. Videos with his statements, including from the besieged Slavyansk, are posted on YouTube. After his resignation on August 14, 2014, he did not appear on the forum and on YouTube for almost a month, but his photo was published with the blogger el_murid.
Strelkov's statements during his activity on the forum when he was the head of the DPR militia were transmitted in the form of answers to questions, daily reports, as well as brief comments and are reposted by numerous users of LiveJournal and other social networks. Usually the primary source is the forum-antikvariat.ru forum (some reports are also published on the icorpus.ru website or in the form of videos on YouTube and their transcripts).
On October 30, 2014, Igor Strelkov gave a press conference, where he announced the creation of the social movement "Novorossiya".
He stressed that the movement sets itself not political, but exclusively humanitarian tasks - the collection, delivery and transfer of the collected humanitarian (non-military) aid to the defenders of Donbass. Unfortunately, the assistance that the Russian Federation officially provides to Donbass is not enough, so Novorossiya will not be able to cope without the support of all the inhabitants of Russia. According to the ideologists of the social movement, the process of helping Novorossiya should be structured, centralized, and rid of dishonest people profiting from this good deed.
People who have known Strelkov personally and for a long time characterize him as a man with a steel rod. "The war has become his path. He has a strong character, a brilliant education, a broad outlook. Now all his best qualities are manifested in Slavyansk. I would say about him that he is a figure of Garibaldi's scale."
Scandals, rumors
On April 15, 2014, the SBU initiated criminal proceedings on the facts of "organization by a citizen of the Russian Federation Strelkov of a premeditated murder and acts to the detriment of the sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine, carrying out subversive and subversive activities, as well as organizing mass riots in the eastern regions of our state."
On May 21, 2014, the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine opened criminal proceedings against Igor Strelkov on suspicion of creating a terrorist group or terrorist organization (part 1 of article 258-3), organizing mass riots (part 1 of article 294), committing a terrorist act (part 1 of article 294), 1 article 258).
He is charged with “during March-April 2014, in order to carry out terrorist attacks in Ukraine, he created a terrorist group, led its activities, organized mass riots in Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk regions, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, accompanied by violence against citizens, as well as pogroms, arson, destruction of property, seizure of buildings and structures", and also "committed a terrorist act that led to the death of people and other grave consequences".
There is a myth widespread on the Internet that Igor Strelkov is a Mossad colonel, a Jew, and his name is Yigal Girkind. Strelkov himself refutes this opinion.
In December 2014, it was reported that the former head of the DPR Ministry of Defense, Igor Strelkov, married his assistant Miroslava Reginskaya. According to rumors, Reginskaya is a citizen of Ukraine. The marriage of Reginskaya and Strelkov was reported by the Russian Liberty portal. According to rumors, the marriage was concluded on the birthday of Igor Strelkov.
The wife of Igor Strelkov, Miroslava Reginskaya, is the head of the apparatus of the head of the Novorossiya movement - that is, directly to her husband. Moskovsky Komsomolets reports that Miroslava Reginskaya is also a student at the Rostov State Economic University.
In June 2017, Strelkov decided to come out of political oblivion and fight against.
As it became known from the statement of Igor Strelkov himself on his page in "Contact", he constantly receives offers from readers to hold some kind of "debate" with Navalny.
Therefore, Strelkov invited Navalny to come together in a political confrontation.
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