Russian prosecutors seek 5-year jail term for pro-war nationalist Putin critic - RIA

Russian prosecutors seek 5-year jail term for pro-war nationalist Putin critic - RIA
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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.

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