Igor Girkin, 52, was arrested by Federal Security Service (FSB) agents at his home in Moscow on Friday morning, his wife, Miroslava Reginskaya wrote on Telegram.

FILE - Four suspects, including Igor Girkin, are shown on screen as investigators present their findings in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, nearly five years after the crash, in ...

EADaily, . Igor Strelkov (Girkin), the former Minister of Defense of the DPR, one of the symbols of the "Russian Spring", who ...

Igor Girkin has again criticized Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner mercenary group, as the dispute deepens between the pair over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Girkin, a former Russian ...

On Saturday, Girkin, who was involved in the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, said he had refused an offer extended by the Wagner chief to fight alongside mercenary forces in eastern Ukraine.

Girkin and three others were found guilty of shooting down Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014, killing all 298 on board. He was sentenced to life in prison at a court in the Hague last year ...

Igor Girkin, a former KGB officer who helped Russia seize Crimea and was convicted of mass murder for his role in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine, was taken from his ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Prominent Russian nationalist Igor Girkin, who had publicly accused President Vladimir Putin and the army top brass of not pursuing the war in Ukraine harshly or effectively ...

Girkin, who is also known as Igor Strelkov, is a former Federal Security Service (FSB) officer and Russian Army veteran who became an ardently pro-war military blogger backing the invasion of ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Pro-war Russian nationalist Igor Girkin, who is in custody awaiting trial for inciting extremism, said on Sunday he wanted to run for president even though he understood the ...

Girkin's lawyer, Gadzhi Aliyev, said the trial was adjourned until December 20 after the court officially introduced the charge to Girkin, who subsequently entered his not-guilty plea.

Conversation between Lukin with Girkin/Strelkov, May 2, 5:04 p.m. Girkin/Strelkov: I am listening Vladimir Petrovich [Lukin]. Lukin: Forgive me that I have to interrupt you all the time.