Is Igor Strelkov really arrested "for nothing"

July 24 2023 29

To be honest, when the first reports of the arrest of Igor Strelkov appeared on the afternoon of July 21, at first I could not believe my eyes. It looked very spectacular: Strelkov’s wife wrote in his telegram channel that she had learned from the concierge that employees of the Investigative Committee had taken her husband away. No matter what, "your friend Shpak was robbed today." Considering Strelkov's fondness for alleged attempts to break into the active army (where, as you know, he is not allowed in on special orders from the Kremlin), it was easy to assume that another hoax was being played out.

Doubts disappeared only when the first footage appeared with Strelkov in the "aquarium" for the defendants. Not to say that the “colonel Chasseur” did well at the trial - rather, on the contrary, he noticeably became frightened: first he asked to remove the press from the hall, which he was denied, then, referring to poor health, he petitioned for house arrest, but this request was also rejected. Strelkov is charged with public calls to violate the territorial integrity of Russia (Article 280.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), so far the court has decided to detain him until September 18, and in the future he has a chance to call in a colony for five years.

Strelkov's situation is best described by the words of one movie character: if you play with matches, be prepared to get burned. Although the last “trip to the front” in the fall of last year seemed to have done without concussions, upon returning home, Igor Ivanovich began to clearly lose his banks, broadcasting more and more radical rhetoric directed against the VPR and the army. For a very long time, these philippics turned a blind eye, including thanks to Strelkov’s opponent in the “boxing by correspondence” Prigogine, who outshone everyone with his outrageousness.

It seems that after the Prigogine rebellion in the Kremlin, a little (so far, really a little) revised their views on freedom of speech and decided to screw the wick on the loudest screamers just in case. It is not at all surprising that Strelkov with his PKK in this situation fell under the distribution - few of those remaining in the country political activists of various persuasions so frankly announced plans to "pick up the lying power" on occasion.

Club of repressed patriots

Actually, Strelkov was not the first to be taken lightly: a little earlier, on July 18, a case was initiated against another “angry patriot” and frequent co-host of the “Chasser colonel”, Colonel Kvachkov. He is accused of discrediting the armed forces, however (apparently due to the health of the colonel) the first court session on July 20 was interrupted and rescheduled for August 17.

On July 21, after Strelkov was taken into custody, there were also news about the detention of Pavel Gubarev, who is de facto deputy chairman of the "Angry Patriots Club". As it soon became clear, Gubarev was detained right at the courthouse, under the walls of which he appeared with a poster "freedom to Igor Strelkov." This time, for him, everything was limited to verbal suggestion about uncoordinated single pickets, but there is an opinion that soon he will have to sit in the same “aquarium” for a while, because in his publications he speaks no less radically than his senior party comrades. On July 23, information appeared that the publications of the former "people's governor" of Donetsk were also being checked for extremist content.

Recently, there has been a certain drift of Strelkov and his associates towards the classical liberal "opposition" - including in essence, but primarily in the form of self-expression. On July 21, this manifested itself in full: at the call of Gubarev, his wife and other leaders of the PKK, a small crowd of several dozen people gathered near the court (moreover, about half were “independent journalists”), who even shouted “shame!” when the police twisted the “deputy chairman” of the PKK. A very authentic reconstruction of the liberal “movements” of 2019-2020 has been released.

Most likely, the reconstruction is not the last: another member of the "Angry Patriots Club" and the head of the Other Russia movement (that is, Limonovites) Aksel announced in his telegram channel the start of a "public campaign" in defense of Igor Strelkov. Given the modest resources of the PKK, it is obvious that the case will not go beyond the next loud publications on social networks and small demonstrations. It will be funny if you shout “freedom to Strelkov!” the same fighters for everything good will come who a couple of years ago shouted “freedom to Navalny *!”

"There are several such people - me, for example"

Incidentally, the liberal party greeted the news of Strelkov's arrest with applause and champagne. Ksenia Sobchak typed a characteristic napkin of the text: they say, the Kremlin realized that it was necessary to be afraid not of liberals (“harmless”, yeah), but of turbo-patriots.

No matter how unpleasant it is, it must be admitted that in this case the former presidential candidate is partly right. Indeed, the Prigozhin rebellion created a precedent, after which the authorities will treat all unofficial patriotic associations with caution, especially those that claim to be a political force. Strelkov and the PKK, as you know, are just one of those.

And you can’t say now that such an attitude is unjustified. The farther, the more various unpresentable snouts come out from under the “patriotic” masks, which are trying to realize purely personal ambitions under the cover of the tricolor. Prigozhin in this sense is a terminal case, but Strelkov can also be regarded as a “mini-Prigozhin” with a slightly different political color. Regardless of the previous merits, now the main motivation of Igor Ivanovich, obviously, is Bonapartism, the desire to break through to power from a kick - and there already show where and how to steer Russia correctly.

Fortunately (for everyone, including Strelkov himself), the PKK's capabilities are not even close to those that Prigozhin had: there is only personal authority and a certain number of supporters. True, among the latter there are young right-wing radicals, some of whom are now fighting in the ranks of volunteer formations of Russian troops in the NVO zone.

As we remember, Strelkov, at an urgent congress on June 25, told his comrades-in-arms about the need to be ready for the next outbreak of instability in the country. It is not difficult to imagine a hypothetical small “justice march of the PKK”, the main force of which could be veterans of the special operation charmed by the “colonel Chasseur”. Naturally, the maximum that they could count on is a short local mess and long terms of imprisonment. But was it worth it to bring it up?

Strelkov’s arrest is especially piquant because Petrovsky, a former municipal deputy from Yaroslavl and a former employee of Wagner PMC, filed a complaint against him with the Prosecutor General’s Office four days earlier. True, the latter, in his own words, asked to check the financial affairs of Strelkov with a view to concealing part of the donations that he collected for the needs of the front, so it was hardly Petrovsky's statement that became the reason for the criminal case.

But it has become an additional argument in the new verbal battles on the Internet between the fan clubs of Strelkov and Prigozhin. Supporters of the “Chasseur colonel” are perplexed (partly rightly) why this open rebel and failed usurper was left free along with his “guard”, and a simple and harmless “angry patriot” was locked up behind bars. The distortion is really ugly, even taking into account the fact that Prigozhin and Prigozhin’s supporters were released on Lukashenko’s bail in order to avoid additional bloodshed – after all, there is still a huge mass of completely hostile bloggers, whose citizens check can't get it for months. However, it may turn out that Strelkov was arrested for warning and he (for the first time) will get off with his two months and a fine.

As for Prigozhin, judging by his fresh speech of July 19 with the words “what is happening at the front is a shame,” he did not draw any conclusions and will continue to sling mud at the regular troops and the generals. But he received an indulgence only about the rebellion - it will come out funny and instructive if, after such luck, they will be swept up for discrediting the army.

* - recognized as an extremist in Russia.

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oleg Pesotsky

+12

24 July 2023 08: 52

Too much bullshit in the article. The author presses on feelings absolutely avoiding the factual side of the matter. And everything is simple - against the backdrop of failures at the front, the authorities began cleaning up everyone who raises this topic. Any disagreement with the methods and course of the SVO used to cause obstruction of opponents; today it has turned into direct suppression. Without any appearance of "democracy" which was covered earlier. It is clearly seen that all military correspondents, bloggers and other media brethren have sharply limited their activities. Getting off or licking or meaningless materials. But is this going to be beneficial?
1. calligrapher Lev_Nikolaevich
  
  -5
  
  24 July 2023 11: 58
  
  Power against the backdrop of failures at the front
  
  - can you elaborate?
  Where did the Armed Forces of Ukraine break through the front, did they take prisoners?
  Did they suffer less losses than they inflicted?
  Or "failures" - is the actual situation in comparison with what could be if ... advice from the outside was followed?
  Then these are demagogic failures.
  1. Vlad55
    
    +8
    
    24 July 2023 12: 30
    
    We look back a year and a half, listen to the goals and objectives declared at the CBO, compare with reality, we understand that in the end, today this is unequivocally a failure, moreover, there are no real opportunities to change anything.
    1. calligrapher Lev_Nikolaevich
      
      -3
      
      24 July 2023 16: 38
      
      we listen to the goals and objectives stated at the CBO, compare with reality
      
      - Yes, "as if by magic" did not work out. However, no one officially announced the end dates at the beginning of the NWO. In addition, the stated goals were motivational goals rather than the goals of a specific plan.
      The real, urgent tasks were to prevent a victorious blitzkrieg in the Donbass.
      Blitzkrieg was thwarted.
      At the same time, at the moment:
      1) There is a land corridor to the Crimea, additional territorial acquisitions comparable in area to the LDNR combined.
      2) Complete zeroing of the potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that existed at that time, which will never be the same, given the demographics.
      3) The huge development of the military-industrial complex and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the process of NWO
      Call it all failure, defeat, etc. - no way.
      And this situation is still developing in the previously named direction, and not vice versa.
      1. hellman anton
        
        +5
        
        24 July 2023 17: 45
        
        Do you live in a parallel reality? What is the blitzkrieg of Donbass? Everything is buried there, the most powerful defensive positions. Blitzkrieg....
        This is total madness and absurdity.
        Everything is buried on both sides, no one can move anywhere. What SVO proved. Avdiivka, Marinka, Donetsk airports and other memta where zaruba have been sending their regards for 9 years.
        Blitzkrieg on concrete fortifications with thousands of miles of trenches and bunkers. Yes, we believe in blitzkrieg.
        This is not counting the fact that in the case when Ukraine launched an operation in the Donbass, only the United States would support them)
        Oh blitzkrieg....
        
        calligrapher Lev_Nikolaevich
        
        +2
        
        24 July 2023 20: 22
        
        From the side of the LDNR, there was no digging in. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have already pulled up engineering demining equipment. The score before the start of their blitzkrieg was days. "Only the USA" - this means the whole shobla, which now supports. No need for illusions.
        
        Kazimir
        
        0
        
        25 July 2023 10: 30
        
        It looks like you didn't understand the comment you're replying to. Dmitriy. It is not about "before the start" of the NWO, but about "after", re-read
        
        calligrapher Lev_Nikolaevich
        
        -2
        
        25 July 2023 23: 40
        
        Re-read. The commentary is about a cleansing (today), allegedly provoked by failures at the front. There were failures, but not now. Therefore, the attraction of military "failures" to the current "topic of the day" is a demagogic device. Approximately the same as used by Strelkov's opponents on TV. Neither one nor the other demagogues impress me. Let them minus as much as they want - I understand the nature of these minuses, and I do not regret my words.
        
        Kazimir
        
        +2
        
        26 July 2023 10: 27
        
        Now there is an aimless and endless under-war (even up to 10 years - V. Putin), in the hope of only some kind of change (miracle?) in the enemy. And the subsequent agreement (of varying degrees of obscenity). Despite all the courage of our heroic guys at the front. Without any calculation of the "tops" for a real victory. For which the Russian politicians do almost nothing: only to preserve and extend (at best) the current situation.
        
        There were failures, but not now
        
        greater hypocrisy and (exactly what) demagoguery is hard to imagine. That's why they downvote, uv.Dmitry Kalligrafovich?
        
        calligrapher Lev_Nikolaevich
        
        -1
        
        26 July 2023 14: 21
        
        There were failures, but not now
        
        greater hypocrisy and (exactly what) demagoguery is hard to imagine. That's why they downvote, uv.Dmitry Kalligrafovich?
        
        What is the hypocrisy and demagogy? Demagogy is when, in order to attack someone, all the negative that previously existed in connection with the attacked is recalled. Thus, the true reasons for this attack are covered up, forcing them to make excuses for the entire background.
        
        It turns out that it is not a specific moment that requires constructive criticism that is being discussed, but the opponent in general, no matter whether he is personal or collective. Now we are confidently holding on, and in some places we are even advancing. Is not it so? Of course, against the background of the desired, this is not a success. But you have to be realistic. And talk about what you need do today
        
        It is not the PKK itself that irritates me - I consider it a necessary enterprise, but the information background around it. It seems that his horde of fighters on social networks has the same relation to him as the torso of a football club has to the team itself. Sometimes she does the team a disservice. And if the productive activity of the team itself is less visible than the noise around it, then there is a danger of replacing this activity with just this noise. A steam locomotive is not only a whistle.
        
        It seems to me that the PKK was conceived as a "shadow cabinet", but it turns out now that it can degenerate into a refuge / trapper for the marginalized. The LDPR fell into such a trap at one time, with all the talents of Vladimir Volfovich.
      2. Kazimir
        
        +2
        
        25 July 2023 10: 33
        
        Compare the current situation (on the same map) with the situation at the beginning of March 2022. And it will immediately become clear, even to you. What is the "success" of politicians in power.
  2. Vlad55
    
    +1
    
    24 July 2023 14: 40
    
    We recall the goals of the NWO, compare it with the harsh reality, and draw conclusions.
  3. Kazimir
    
    +4
    
    25 July 2023 10: 43
    
    Are these demagogic failures?
    1. Transfer to the Ukronazis of 4 border areas already occupied by our heroic military, strategic positions on the island of Zmeiny, the city of Kherson and so on.
    2. Refusal of the strategic initiative and the transfer of military operations to positional (trench) warfare.
    3. Sticking our troops into a continuous chain of fortified areas, which we have been unable to overcome for a year and a half, sacrificing both military and civilian people.
    4. The transfer of their main "heroes" to the Ukronazis and our enemies - secret in Mariupol (all Western representatives located there) - and repeated demonstrative after (with their transportation on Abramovich's personal plane, donating iPods, serving coffee from his own hands, etc.). Further, the "good luck" of the Russian politicians - a couple more pages in small text. Continue?
2. Pembo
  
  0
  
  4 August 2023 03: 29
  
  Too much bullshit in the article.
  
  Just a loyalist. They took Kherson - hurray, they took Kherson! Passed Kherson - cheers, passed Kherson. They will say:
Sergey Latyshev

+3

24 July 2023 09: 01

A standard, well-established set of accusations and a situation that has happened more than once.

"wanted to seize power", "stole finances",
And as in other cases, no evidence is given ...

And for dessert: "shout" freedom to Strelkov! the same fighters for everything good will come who a couple of years ago shouted "freedom to Navalny *!"
Like, nowhere below.
Those. like the opposite. : "Ksenia Sobchak typed: they say, the Kremlin realized that it was necessary to be afraid not of liberals ("harmless", yeah), but of turbopatriots."
But logic... who needs it... if there are 30 pieces of silver...
viktor goblin

-1

24 July 2023 12: 16

The main thing was not done! Who all the time "protected" the so-called. wrestler? Anyone else would have been closed at once ..
1. Accidentally
  
  -2
  
  24 July 2023 19: 28
  
  I'm also wondering who is behind him ..????
  1. Kazimir
    
    +2
    
    25 July 2023 10: 22
    
    For M. Tokmakov?
2. Kazimir
  
  +2
  
  25 July 2023 10: 26
  
  For whom I. Strelkov yelled, for their blood and lives. (For their fellow soldiers and simply the best Russian people who are fighting now and dying at the front). Like all normal people.
Vlad55

+10

24 July 2023 12: 25

Another defender of the generals)) Girkin, of course, "did not filter the bazaar" in relation to the highest ranks and authorities, and made statements that were very unpleasant for them, but what's interesting is that 90 percent of his negative forecasts have become a reality since the 14th year. The authorities had two "paths"), difficult and familiar, difficult was long and required to eliminate the array of army shortcomings that gave rise to Girkin's statements. The authorities predictably chose the familiar, no criticism - no problem.
Vox Populi

+4

24 July 2023 13: 40

Not to say that the “colonel Chasseur” did well at the trial - rather, on the contrary, he noticeably became frightened: first he asked to remove the press from the hall, which he was denied, then, referring to poor health, he petitioned for house arrest, but this request was also rejected.

I am not a fan of Strelkov, but the author in his "creation" put in a bad light not the colonel, but more himself. Apparently, the fighter with the left / right / liberals forgot that those who in such cases shouted the loudest "we approve" later found themselves in an interesting position. How will it be in the courtroom (the most just and humane), heroically or not?!
Sergei Fonov

+1

24 July 2023 15: 38

Thank God, at least in something we have achievements officially recognized and supported by the media.
1. Kazimir
  
  +1
  
  25 July 2023 10: 18
  
  And most importantly - how many such achievements lately! There are quite a few military generals who have been removed from the army. (Here Surovikin was already pushed to Belarus). And not putschists, but capable of fighting victoriously and telling the truth in the eyes of the authorities.
Kazimir

+2

25 July 2023 10: 14

Truth check. For our (and not our) personalities and media. Many of which - in the assessment of I. Strelkov's arrest - have joined forces not only with the "fifth column" in the Russian authorities and the notorious liberals and outright enemies of our country and Russians. But even with the Nazi media coming out, which literally applaud the repressions of the Russian (?!) security forces. (Against our people, with a civil and patriotic "orientation. Who confirmed it not in words, but in battles and under bullets).
1. Sergei Fonov
  
  +1
  
  25 July 2023 12: 13
  
  I am not a supporter of Strelkov, I saw him in Simferopol in 2014, introduced himself as Colonel Radionov, I remember that he yelled at a young militiaman who did not serve in the army, and naturally did not stand in front of him, an unpleasant impression, and I’m not the only one. Nevertheless, the fact that they arrest people with their lives and deeds that have proven their devotion to the Motherland is at least bewildering. The USSR collapsed unexpectedly, despite the fact that there were no great unrest in the army, now we need to work to unite society, the struggle for power within the government will not lead to good.
Hiker

+3

25 July 2023 12: 39

After the Solovyov-Life began to pour mud on Strelkov, it became clear to everyone who had merged with the liberal garbage dumps ....
And the scammer fussed.
Maybe he mixed up the last name in a hurry, not Strelkov, but Prigogine?

The SBU is waiting for the details of who to transfer 100 thousand dollars for the arrest of Strelkov and transfer to the next Natsiks.

The 5th column rejoices, throws flowers and kisses to the court and thanks the authorities for the arrest of the founders of the Russian Spring and the consistent heroes of Russian New Russia.

No one remembers that the LDNR elites were preparing to enter Ukraine under the Minsk agreements.
And Strelkov, who broke these frills and agreements over his knee, is in a pre-trial detention center.

Putin was deceived and LDNR entered Russia.
Strelkov for consistency - the star of a hero, and not to those who saw themselves in the Ukrainian parliament under the Minsk agreements.

Nonsense! But if the Minsk agreements had been implemented, then Strelkov would also have been sent to prison! Don't find it strange.
Kazimir

+4

26 July 2023 11: 20

About the arrest of I. Strelkov and about our future.

Putin has been in office for more than 20 years, but during this time nothing has changed fundamentally in the policy of the state. First of all, the orientation of power towards the pro-Western oligarchic elite, set back in the 90s, remained. It is naive to think that in February 2022 Putin suddenly became a people's leader and patriot: the war in Donbas was just a forced step that the West pushed our country to take. The entire Kremlin beau monde has already cursed the Donbass, the militia and all the patriots a thousand times over, who understood the historical and geopolitical need to return Novorossia to their native bosom. Now the Russian authorities are trying to get out of this situation with minimal costs for themselves and the "elite" that controls it. Neither the fate of Donbass, nor Ukraine, and even less Strelkov, is of interest to any of them - if only to somehow end this (for them) misunderstanding called NWO. And for this they will stop at nothing. Therefore, statesmen and patriots need to understand this and be ready for this.

(according to the appeal of the Other Russia https://www.drugros.ru/kak-nado-ponimat/arest-strelkova).
1. In passing
  
  +2
  
  27 July 2023 17: 20
  
  And then why did they get into the NWO? Yes, not at all in the Donbass, but in columns along the highway and landing in Gostomel? In one day, such cases are not resolved, and everything that was at the beginning of the NWO is covered in darkness and raises a lot of questions. Now they just get out of the situation. It is right that the loud-mouthed and the "rebellious" are "closed", there is nothing to get under the feet of the authorities. If it were not for Strelkov with his campaign against Slavyansk, it is not known how history would have gone, and the authorities do not like such surprises. Maybe by "shove" the Donbass, would have done without a war. But, the Russian elite miscalculated in the main thing, if the West wanted to crush Russia, it will put pressure starting from it, from the elite, no matter how they think that they are theirs there ... And it will bite off from Russia everything that it allows them take a bite Now the army will slowly advance where it can. Politicians will move forward with their negotiations and agreements, where they can, the military-industrial complex will issue products, but simply people will just work. Power will keep its power. SVO for a long time, forever.
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Yumico

0

30 July 2023 22: 15

Strelkov is charged with public calls to violate the territorial integrity of Russia (Article 280.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), so far the court has decided to detain him until September 18, and in the future he has a chance to call in a colony for five years. But Medvedev gave Norway 175 thousand square kilometers of the Barents Sea...And nothing!!!! Territorial integrity is not violated! Damn it!!!
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