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applegrove

(118,682 posts)
Sat Jul 19, 2014, 08:11 PM Jul 2014

This Is The Former Russian Military Officer Who Might Be Behind The Shooting Of MH17

This Is The Former Russian Military Officer Who Might Be Behind The Shooting Of MH17

by Pamela Engel at Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/russian-igor-strelkov-blamed-for-shooting-of-mh17-2014-7

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Igor Girkin, who is also known by his pseudonym Igor Strelkov, has been called "one of the most powerful separatist figures in eastern Ukraine." He's a Russian citizen from Moscow and has declared himself the Minister of Defense of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), according to Radio Free Europe.

The Ukrainian government says Strelkov is a covert agent of Russia's GRU military intelligence. In documents posted on separatist websites he has asked Russia to provide military assistance to the DPR.

Strelkov is a veteran of both the Soviet and Russian armies, according to Reuters.


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This Is The Former Russian Military Officer Who Might Be Behind The Shooting Of MH17 (Original Post) applegrove Jul 2014 OP
He has a new line item on his resume. ChairmanAgnostic Jul 2014 #1
More pictures of Igor Whatever: El Supremo Jul 2014 #2
Never trust a man with a moustache that bad...nt SidDithers Jul 2014 #3
Hmmmmmm HeiressofBickworth Jul 2014 #4
I think the most important question about this guy is.... sufrommich Jul 2014 #5

ChairmanAgnostic

(28,017 posts)
1. He has a new line item on his resume.
Sat Jul 19, 2014, 08:19 PM
Jul 2014

He has become a large, heavy stone tied around the neck of Putin, while Vlad tries to stay afloat during an ever-growing shit storm.

HeiressofBickworth

(2,682 posts)
4. Hmmmmmm
Sat Jul 19, 2014, 09:06 PM
Jul 2014

wonder how long it will be before we here the news that this guy has had an "accident" and is no longer on the planet. If he was the one, he could be a real inconvenience to Putin.

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
5. I think the most important question about this guy is....
Sat Jul 19, 2014, 09:11 PM
Jul 2014

did he come in 1st or 2nd place in the Hitler look alike contest?

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