Russian prosecutors seek 5-year jail term for pro-war nationalist Putin critic - RIA
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Russian nationalist Kremlin critic and former military commander Igor Girkin, also known as Igor Strelkov, who is charged with inciting extremist activity, sits behind a glass wall of an enclosure for defendants during a court hearing to consider an appeal against his detention, in Moscow, Russia August 29, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
MOSCOW - Russian state prosecutors asked a Moscow court on Thursday to sentence prominent nationalist Igor Girkin to five years in prison for inciting extremism, the RIA news agency reported.
Girkin, regarded in the West as a war criminal, publicly accused President Vladimir Putin and the army top brass of not pursuing the war in Ukraine harshly or effectively enough. REUTERS
