Former DPR Defense Minister Igor Girkin (Strelkov) commented to The Eastern Herald about the messages of telegram channels about a check against him in an article about the “discrediting” of the army.
“I have never discredited the Armed Forces. I have no doubt that even personal insults take place in my statements about the leadership of the armed forces and the Ministry of Defense. However, I think it has nothing to do directly with the armed forces,” he said.
Girkin stressed that he periodically indulges in harsh statements regarding the leadership of the Russian Defense Ministry, the Chief of the General Staff and some other Russian military leaders.
“If they find that I am discrediting the army in my words, which is in principle possible, I will only consider this as a positive moment in my career as a journalist, because I am doing a public and journalistic job not to please everyone or get dividends from it,” the former minister said.
On April 14, the Telegram channels reported on the control against Girkin in the article on “discrediting” the army. Mash potatoes And “Mash on the Moika” . According to them, the control is carried out by the investigative authorities of Moscow and St. Petersburg, in particular, the Moscow department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The reason was a video posted by the ex-DPR minister on March 20, Mash reports.
“Mash on the Moika” reports that a Novosibirsk resident named Tatyana wrote a statement with a request to check Girkin under an article about “discrediting” the army. She confirmed to the Telegram channel that she had written a corresponding appeal, but refused to explain the reasons for such an act.
“Why should I talk to reporters, I have uniforms myself,” Tatiana said as quoted by Mash on the Moika.
At the same time, according to the Shot telegram channel, with a similar request to law enforcement applied a Muscovite outraged by the posts of the ex-Minister of Defense of the DPR in social networks. “In addition, the plaintiff is unhappy that Girkin-Strelkov collects money for the needs of the SVO, but does not report where they are going,” the Telegram channel reports.
According to Mash, among others, security officials asked check fraud “Angry Patriots Club”, founded by Strelkov. The publication notes that the organization’s leadership allegedly collected donations for the needs of the Russian military, but did not report on their expenses.
Girkin told The Eastern Herald that the “Club” was not involved in fundraising.
“The Angry Patriots Club has yet to collect a dime from anyone and made no such announcements. And if they want to check me for fraud, you are welcome – seek and you will find,” he said. he concluded.
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