Question:Igor Ivanovich, this is what people from Donetsk write: There is a wild batch under Avdeevka. A retreat and even a breakthrough is possible. Be prepared for everyone) Is it true?

I. Strelkov: Avdeevka - wholly (or almost entirely) under ukrami. As of yesterday, the front line of the ukrov was 500 meters from the Yasinovatskaya overpass. According to my information, there are artillery battles and fierce shootings from infantry weapons. There is no breakthrough yet. But the situation is very tense - the enemy's attack is quite possible.

A summary from the militia.

Today the Armed Forces of Ukraine "increased the degree" and took neutral station near Donetsk, after which fierce battles erupted on the front line.

Now sh. Butovskaya-area of ​​Spartak;
- Avdeevka-Yasinovatsky BP under attack from tank guns;
- Maryinka-Aleksandrovka: battles with the use of heavy weapons. On nuclear warheads, the battle goes on all day and does not stop.
- Gorlovka. Mortar shelling from the FTP near Zheleznaya Balka continues.
- From the side of Shumov, in support of the infantry, an APU tank began to shoot in the area of ​​positions 6-7.
- In the west, in the area of ​​Shirokaya Balka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces is firing from heavy machine guns.
- The Major direction has also been actively connected. The APU raids continue.
- Skirmishes in the frontal zone of Holma.
- A submachine gun battle began near Glubokaya.
- The bombardment of Zheleznaya Balka is still going on from an 82mm mortar from the side of the APU.
- The direction of Novoluganka is small-scale, medium intensity, a couple of breaks.

A message from the militia:

Donetsk. Fighting continues on the outskirts of the city and on the neutral line occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, namely, in the Pesok-Oktyabrsky area, in the Marinka-Trudovskikh area and in the Yasinovatskaya fork. Are applied different types weapons (small arms, mortars, AGS, ZU, SPG and grenade launchers, in some places and heavy artillery).

The most intense fighting throughout the day they are recorded in the Yasinovataya-Avdeevka area (the Ukronazis complain that they cannot take the 200s), in the other listed places they are weaker. "

A message from the militia.

There are battles on the line of contact. Shooting can be heard at the Donetsk airport, in the Kiev district of the capital of the DPR, near the village of Spartak, as well as in the west and northwest.

As established by the intelligence of the DPR army, the Ukrainian military all day was engaged in the supply of fuel for military equipment. Cars delivering diesel fuel and gasoline in tank trucks were seen at different parts of the front: near the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Donetsk, near Avdeevka, Yasinovataya, Horlivka.
Fuel was brought up on the southern flank, from the Volnovakha side, closer to the village of Granitnoye. The Ukrainian military appears to be again preparing for maneuverable shooting using tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers.

Such tactics of conducting battles by Ukrainian troops are constantly used near Donetsk, Yasinovataya and Horlivka. On the Yasinovatsky direction on March 7, five tank trucks with fuel were seen.

“Igor Ivanovich Strelkov has kindly agreed to record the seventh video-answer to the questions of the editorial board of“ Summaries from the Novorossiya militia ”. During the conversation, several issues were raised:
1) Many people predict an escalation of the conflict in Donbass, do you think this will happen? Can you give brief analysis the current combat situation?

“The war will continue sooner or later, the only question is - when? The Ukrainian government is waiting for the process of the half-life of the Russian Federation to reach its logical conclusion. Now artillery clashes are taking place along the entire front line with dozens of victims on each side. "

2) Dear Igor Ivanovich, I would like to know your assessment of the latest events in Crimea. What happened there? Isn't the incident in Crimea a step towards the beginning of a full-scale war?

"Breakthrough of Ukrainian saboteurs on Russian territory and the death of our soldiers is already a pretext for war. However, in addition to the loud statements of Vladimir Vladimirovich, no action followed. Evil tongues say that this is due to a call from the state. Secretary of the United States John Kerry. "

3) How do you assess the effectiveness of "OND" (K25), is there a systematic and effective work in the organization, does not everything slide into a banal "talking shop"

“Stagnation is evident, but this is not due to the fact that I do nothing and sit by the words of my hand, but because we did everything that could be done on a volunteer basis. The majority of the population, who are vitally interested in us, do not understand the danger of the situation that has developed at the moment, so we did not receive any support. I suppose that it is not necessary to say “everything is lost”, but since a crisis is inevitable, but when people get the idea that the ship is sinking, then we will get the resources we need. It is clear that one way or another Putin will have to leave sooner or later ... "

6) Dear Igor Ivanovich, how can you assess the personnel changes that have taken place in the upper echelons of power? What, in your opinion, does the appointment of Vaino as head of the Presidential Administration mean?

“Vaino is a technical worker who has no opinion. The president removes from power people who have known him for a long time, while this does not touch the liberal bloc (Gref, Nabibullina, Siluanov Shuvalov). It should be understood that the siloviki officials who were dismissed, no matter how thieves and stupid they were, will stand for Putin until the end. they directly depend on him, while the liberal bloc will sell him at the first opportunity, since they are tied to "Western partners".

P.S. Igor Ivanovich Strelkov, in addition, generously agreed to answer other questions of interest to the public. If you have something to say to Strelkov, any questions, advice or suggestions - write in the comments under the video. Perhaps your exact question will appear in the next video answer. Don't miss this unique chance to ask your question to Strelkov! "

Ukraine completes referral of MH17 case to the Netherlands ... one citizen of Ukraine, including the ex-Minister of Defense of the DPR Igor Girkin (Strelkova). The SBU refused to clarify whether the suspects were on the wanted list ... we are talking about Sergei Dubovitsky, Oleg Pulatov and a citizen of Ukraine Igor Kharchenko. According to the investigation, they contributed to the fact that the liner was ... Aksenov responded to the report on the crash of MH-17 with the phrase "we can't clean the missiles" ... it was alleged that the ex-Minister of Defense of the self-proclaimed DPR reported to him Igor Girkin ( Shooters). Aksyonov told RIA Novosti that he “supported and supports ... Donetsk region. It was alleged that one of the main suspects is a Russian citizen Igor Girkin - in 2014 I talked on the phone with Aksenov and ... The Netherlands named the Russians involved in the crash of MH17. Moscow considered the accusations unfounded, they are unlikely to lead to increased sanctions pressure .... This is the former Minister of Defense of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) Igor Girkin ( Shooters), former head military intelligence DNR Sergei Dubinsky, his deputy Oleg ... denies his involvement in the liner crash. What is the accusation based on Igor Girkin, according to the investigation team, at the time of the disaster was in ... that he lives in the east of Ukraine not controlled by Kiev. Prosecutor General of Ukraine Igor Lutsenko promised to detain him. RBC was unable to contact three ... Report on the wreck of MH17. Full video in Russian The Joint Investigation Team (JIT), which investigated the causes of the death of the Malaysian Boeing 777 in the skies over the Donbas in 2014, presented the results of its report. RBC publishes the full recording of the press conference. Who the Netherlands named as suspects in the case of the death of MH17. Photo gallery On June 19, 2019, the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) presented new findings on the death of a Malaysian Boeing 777 in Donbas in 2014. Investigators have officially named the four suspects, including three Russians and one Ukrainian. About whom JIT spoke about - in the RBC review. Lutsenko promised to arrest a suspect in the MH17 case ... the circumstances of the crash, said that she also suspects the former Minister of Defense of the DPR Igor Strelkov (Girkin), Oleg Pulatov and Sergey Dubinsky. They are called citizens .... Moscow has repeatedly stated that the plane could have been shot down by the Ukrainian military. Shooters on Wednesday he said that the DPR militia did not shoot down the plane. Andrew... The official results of the investigation into the crash of MH17 in Donbass. the main thing ... Fred Westerbeke named four people - three Russians and a Ukrainian: Igor Girkin (Strelkov), Oleg Pulatov, Sergey Dubinsky and Leonid Kharchenko. Westerbeke ... for indictment. The court is scheduled for March 9, 2020. The suspects Igor Girkin is a citizen of Russia, a former colonel of the FSB. In 2014, he was ... he says he is "discussing with his comrades" military assistance to the militia. Reaction Igor Girkin told RBC that since the militia did not shoot down Boeing ... Strelkov commented on the Netherlands' charge in the MH17 case Former Minister of Defense of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) Igor Girkin (also known as Shooters) commented to RBC on the statement of the Joint Investigation Group (JIT) on ... Boeing did not confuse and I do not give any more comments, "- said Shooters... Earlier on June 19, investigators named the suspects in the case of ... 777 in the skies over Donbass in 2014. This is Girkin ( Shooters), as well as Leonid Kharchenko, Oleg Pulatov and Sergey Dubinsky. Chapter...

Society, Mar 10, 00:38

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This is stated on the website of the Dutch ZEMBLA - program ... plane crashes hit by a surface-to-air missile launched from a Buk missile launcher. Shooters told about the air defense of the DPR on the day of the crash of MH17 Russia and ... Common sense versus the three-line: how people learn to talk about politics in Russia ... Igor Shooters quickly lost interest in debates, and Alexei Navalny and ... the nation as a community of people united by blood, soil and historical destiny. Shooters unlike Navalny, he understands that the state is first an idea ... oil Navalny won the second half of the debate, but only because Shooters"Burned out", said everything he considered necessary, first of all that Navalny ... Navalny and Strelkov summed up the debate ... Alexey Navalny said that he was pleased with the debate with Igor Strelkov, and called himself the most convincing. Shooters said that he does not consider himself a loser and .... 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Opponents tried to attract media attention and ... of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) Igor Shooters(Girkin) on Thursday night, July 20, held a public debate. Leader of the "Novorossiya" movement Shooters invited Navalny to the debate ... gives the answer "officer's honor." In 2014, ex-FSB officer Igor Shooters led the defense of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk during the battles with the Ukrainian ... Former leaders of the DPR spoke about the role of Surkov in the appointment of Zakharchenko ... domestic policy unrecognized republics of Donbass, former rebel leaders told Reuters. Igor Shooters told RBC that the presidential aide played a key role in the appointment ... the former Minister of Defense of the DPR Igor Shooters(Girkin). He also stated that Surkov contributed to the appointment of the head of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) Igor Plotnitsky. “His [Surkova ... Moscow authorities rejected all applications for the "Russian March" ... the corresponding curia of the Opposition Coordination Council in 2013: Daniil Konstantinov, Igor Artemov, Nikolai Bondarik, founders of the National Democratic Party (NDP) Konstantin Krylov ... other right-wing radical forces. The action was initially supported by the ex-leader of the militia of Slavyansk Igor Shooters-Girkin. As a result, the procession of Shchukino competed in number with the action ... Strelkov announced a reduction in funding for Donbass militias ... the former Minister of Defense of the DPR Igor Shooters(Girkin). According to him, from June to September, the Novorossiya movement, which is headed by Shooters, we managed to send four humanitarian ... the opportunity to help us, now they cannot afford it, ”said Shooters... He also admitted that his movement is currently located ... and Kramatorsk during the battles with the Ukrainian army. 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Politics, 15 Sep 2015, 20:33

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Politics, 05 Feb 2015, 12:58

Strelkov called Putin "hostage" of the Ukrainian conflict ... republics Igor Shooters(Girkin) said that Russian President Vladimir Putin became a "hostage" of the Ukrainian conflict, as he refused to annex Donbass to Russia. Igor Shooters(Girkin ... to comment on later allegations of Russia's large-scale military presence in Donbas. Shooters said the militias had nothing to do with the passenger plane crash ... Strelkov took responsibility for the military conflict in Ukraine ... DNR Igor Shooters declared himself responsible for unleashing hostilities in the east of Ukraine. "I still pulled the trigger of the war," said Shooters, explaining ... the People's Republic and the ex-head of the military detachments of the militia Igor Girkin (better known as Shooters) declared that he was personally responsible for the hostilities ... dozens of those killed, burned, arrested. And that would be the end of it ", - explained Shooters. Igor Shooters(Girkin) He admitted that the "flywheel of war" launched his squad, starting ... Ukrainian court authorized the arrest of Igor Strelkov and Igor Bezler ... the Prosecutor General's Office of the country to detain the former leaders of the military detachments of the militia Igor Girkin (better known as Shooters) and Igor Bezler. Detention is authorized for the purpose of delivering suspects .... Currently, the exact location of neither Girkin nor Bezler is unknown. Igor Shooters(Girkin) As follows from the message posted on the website of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine ... Malofeev spoke about his participation in the annexation of Crimea ... the PR of Alexander Borodai, who, in turn, introduced the businessman to Igor Strelkov In an interview with "Vedomosti", published on Thursday, Malofeev claims that ... the fund ", as well as personal money of Malofeev himself, said the businessman. FROM Igor Girkin Malofeev met closely in Kiev in January, when he brought ... Strelkov and Borodai received the title of heroes of the DPR ..., according to a message on the website of the DPR administration. According to the text of the decree, Shooters and Borodai were awarded the title of hero "for huge contribution into education ... and the courage and heroism shown at the same time. " Igor Shooters(Girkin) Former employee of the Russian special services Igor Girkin ( Shooters) appeared in southeastern Ukraine in April. He was one of the leaders of the militia in Sloviansk Post Minister of Defense of the DPR Shooters ... Hackers announced the withdrawal of the Astrakhan region from Russia ... the people's republic ", signing it with the names of the governor, the head of the FSB department and Igor Strelkova On the official website of the Astrakhan regional duma on the night of ... the regional department of the FSB Yuri Seryshev and the former Minister of Defense of the DPR Igor Shooters(Girkin). The manifesto noted that “the short-sighted and criminal policy of the federal ... The congress of supporters of Novorossiya in Yalta was held without Strelkov and the Crimean authorities ... of the self-proclaimed republics, Alexander Boroday as the representative of the Donetsk People's Republic and Igor Shooters as a representative of the Lugansk People's Republic, as well as a field commander Aleksey ... The main headquarters of the DPR was headed by another Shooters ... 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Commander-in-chief of the militia Igor Shooters(Girkin) said at a press conference that the preparation of the city for defense ... in the amount of about 8 thousand UAH (about 23 thousand rubles) ", - announced Shooters. In anticipation of the start of the assault, the leadership of the DPR announced plans to ... again and we will act hand in hand, "- said on Thursday Shooters... Kulbitskaya does not comment on the fate of Khodakovsky.pic # 0Alexander Artemiev with the participation of ... The militias began to prepare the defense of Donetsk ... Minister of Defense of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Igor Shooters announced plans to prepare the defense of Donetsk. It was in this ... blatant shortage of weapons and ammunition, "- said Shooters in an interview published on the militia website ikorpus.ru. Shooters revealed some details of the retreat. According to him ...

In the military, the main feature of a commander is considered will, and then there is prudence, moderation and self-control. When the military-political conflict in Donbass (Ukraine) was just beginning to flare up in 2014, Igor Strelkov showed all these qualities. Strelkov's role is complex and ambiguous, but his contribution to the formation of Donbass as a separate republic is extremely great.

Childhood and youth

Girkin Igor Vsevolodovich (better known as Strelkov Igor Ivanovich) was born in Moscow on December 17, 1970. Given the military career of Igor Vsevolodovich, the facts of his biography are not advertised. According to unofficial information, the father of Igor Vsevolodovich is also a military man by profession. FROM early childhood Girkin was fond of history. The boy studied diligently, read with pleasure, for which he received the offensive nickname "nerd" among his peers.

Having received his basic education at the Moscow school number 249, the young man at the age of 18 became a student at the State Historical and Archival Institute in Moscow. A year later, the young man acquired a hobby that was rare for that time - military-historical reconstruction.

Military service

Having received a diploma of higher education, Igor did not even work a day in his specialty - the young man preferred to follow in his father's footsteps. Military career Igor began in 1992 as a shooter of the Cossack army and a mortar gunner. At the same time, Girkin visited the war for the first time: first in Transnistria, then in Bosnia. Upon his return, the young man published a "Bosnian Diary" with records of the events of that period and personal experience.

The young man served in the air defense forces as a rifleman of a guard company. Having begun his service as a private, by June 1994, Girkin received the rank of junior sergeant. After serving compulsory military service, the young man remained in the ranks of the army, but already under the contract as a deputy platoon and commander of the Arcadia self-propelled artillery unit. Within 5 months Igor received the rank of Guard Sergeant.

In 1995, Igor Girkin received serious experience in real military operations, having gone to the Chechen Republic. Returning from the war, in 1996, Igor went to work in the Federal Security Service as an operative (at the same time he was promoted to lieutenant). Simultaneously with his work, Igor took courses at the FSB, after which he was promoted, taking the position of deputy head of the department (with the rank of senior lieutenant).

Igor Strelkov in the army

From 1999 to 2005, Girkin visited the Chechen and Dagestan republics in order to fight the gangster underground and terrorism. By December 2005, Igor Vsevolodovich was promoted to colonel. For his contribution to the fight against terrorism, Girkin was awarded the Order of Courage and a medal.

In 2005, Igor Vsevolodovich was transferred to Moscow, where he worked in Federal Service Security until 2013. In 2013, Igor Vsevolodovich was dismissed for seniority. Girkin's general experience in military service was 18.5 years.

Igor Strelkov in Chechnya

Returning to Moscow, Igor Vsevolodovich remembered his youthful hobby and became the head of the Consolidated Machine-Gun Team, created on the basis of the military-historical club "Moscow Dragoon Regiment". The main goal of the organization was the reconstruction of historical battles, in which Igor took part with pleasure, most often in the lower military ranks.

Donbass period

In February 2014 (one month before the referendum on the status of the peninsula) Igor Vsevolodovich was appointed freelance advisor Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Crimea. At the same time, Igor Vsevolodovich headed a separate volunteer special forces battalion, which ensures the establishment of Russian power on the peninsula after the referendum.

The intensification of hostilities in Donbass forced Girkin on April 12, 2014 to take the post of commander of the DPR militia. On April 12, Girkin (under the pseudonym Strelkov) with a team of armed people and activists occupied the building of the administration of the city of Slavyansk (Donetsk region), announcing the annexation of the city to the Donetsk People's Republic. For three months there were battles for the city, and on July 5, Strelkov, at the head of his group, was forced to leave the city, handing it over to the Ukrainian authorities.

After the referendum on May 11, 2014, which resulted in the proclamation of the Donetsk People's Republic, Igor Ivanovich Strelkov was appointed to the post of Minister of Defense of the DPR. But two months later, on May 15, 2014, Strelkov left the territory of the DPR, leaving for the Russian Federation.

In his speech, Igor Ivanovich stated that the reason for his departure was a political decision on the part of the authorities. According to the ex-leader of the militia, the Russian government has betrayed the people of Donbass. At the same time, the former Minister of Defense of the DPR stressed that he continues to closely monitor the fate of the Republic, especially the war crimes on the part of Ukraine.

The pseudonym Strelkov was chosen by Girkin not for fear of political persecution and a desire to remain incognito, but on the basis that this surname is more quickly remembered and reflects the owner's connection with military affairs. Although fortunes are often made in the war, Igor Ivanovich Strelkov always emphasizes that he does not even have a personal car, and that he donates most of his finances to charity and an old hobby - military-historical reconstruction.

Public movement "Novorossiya"

After leaving the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic in May 2014, Strelkov took up organizational activities in the Novorossiya social movement. The movement's official website contains information about its activities: the leader's analytical notes on the military-political situation in the world, fundraising and organizing events to provide assistance to victims on the territory of the DPR, the population and the army of the republic. Help is provided in the form of food, clothing, medicine.

Igor Strelkov organized the Novorossiya movement

The main and only goal of the movement and Strelkov as a leader is to help the people of Donbass. Novorossiya has nothing to do with politics. Igor Strelkov expressed his opinion in an interview posted on the official website of Novorossiya that the fate of not Kiev and Donetsk, but Russia, is being decided in the armed conflict in Donbass.

Personal life

Almost nothing is known about the personal life of the ex-minister of the Donetsk People's Republic. Igor Vsevolodovich Girkin is married to Miroslava Reginskaya. Miroslava helps her husband in all his endeavors, has an active political position and is a member of the Novorossiya social movement, headed by Girkin. The married couple has a daughter, Ulyana Igorevna Girkina. The baby was born in August 2016.

The family devotes all their free time to socio-political problems and work in Novorossiya, and Igor and Miroslava spent a short vacation on the Crimean peninsula.

Igor Strelkov now

As Igor Ivanovich Strelkov emphasizes, now the main goal of his activity is the organization of humanitarian aid to the people of Donbass. In addition, within the framework of the “Novorossiya” OD project, Girkin also deals with socio-political problems in Russia.

So, on October 28, 2017, members of the public movement took part in the congress of the national-patriotic forces of Russia, where they discussed the creation of the Team of People's Leaders. The purpose of the creation of the Team is the planned reform of economic and social policy Russian Federation by fighting corruption, nationalizing strategically important resources and electing local councils.

According to Strelkov, “Novorossiya” OD is the third force along with the official authorities and the opposition. As for the comrades-in-arms in the struggle for the Donetsk People's Republic, here too Igor Ivanovich is opposed to other parties to the conflict.

So, in October 2017, there was a skirmish on the Internet between Strelkov and the former Prime Minister of the DPR, now the head of the Union of Donbass Volunteers, Alexander Borodai. Alexander Yuryevich in an interview called the appointment of Strelkov to the post of Minister of Defense of the DPR in 2014 as a personnel "mistake."

In addition to political issues, OD "Novorrossia" is also engaged in solving social problems in the Donbass. Strelkov and his team publish reports on the monthly humanitarian aid to the people of the DPR on the movement's official website, as well as on the page in

Upon his return, Girkin plunges into the PSEUDO-monarchist movement. Beginning to promote to the throne of Russia the fascist beddings that overthrew Nicholas 2 and then served (Maria Hohenzolern, heiress of the Third Reich) to the fascists-Hohenzolerns and their creature Nicholas 3 Leiningen) He already enjoys a certain authority among the veteran monarchs ( ).

However, in the spring of 1993 he was drafted into the army. It is already uneasy in Chechnya, and he asks to serve there, even brings a box of vodka to the military registration and enlistment office, but the military commissar, taking into account his state of health, sends him to an air defense unit in the Moscow region. Where Girkin endures all the severities of bullying throughout the year, in fact, in the position of "lowered" (adjusted for the absence of homosexual contacts, at least there is no information about them).

Thus, the official military system deals a severe blow to Girkin's psyche. After all, he asked for the front line, has combat experience - and he was humiliated in all respects. So, in addition to the previous complexes, a new one is being formed - hostility and mistrust towards the military personnel, a hidden understanding that cannot be equal to them, jealousy, neglect - an explosive cocktail, which is expressed in a tendency to disobedience, which will fully manifest itself in Donbass.

Nevertheless, with all his disgust for the military system, he still does not see himself outside the war (because to whom the war is, and Girkin's mother is dear), and in 1995 he goes to serve under a contract in Chechnya, in self-propelled artillery (Akatsia). He fights as a loader, then a gunner - again fighting in the absence of contact with the enemy.

Then - again the PSEUDO-monarchist get-together in the capital, other patriotic PSEUDOPATRIOTIC circles. During this period, he met Alexander Borodai, the future prime minister of the DPR.
Begins to write on the Antiques forum under the nickname Kotych, which he still does
Girkin-under the nickname Kotych confirms (otmazya from his screenshots)
(Girkin rode on MayDown studying the mechanism of the revolution)

Girkin is not satisfied with conversations, he seeks to do at least some applied things, to form militant groups, in the hope that when power collapses - to hang the enemies of the Motherland and take power. As a result, according to rumors, he turns out to be a recruited agent of one of the intelligence services, is engaged in denunciations against his comrades.

Almost simultaneously, he hastily marries, "on the fly," as often happens with men who have remained virgins for a long time. The child is born with genetic abnormalities, even then there are suspicions that this is Igor's heredity, but he does not want to hear about it, he categorically refuses to undergo the examination, and blames his wife for everything. As a result, there is a divorce with a scandal, Girkin prefers to forget about the "unsuccessful" child.

For the first three years of service, he actively destroys his fellow convictions, transferring previously secret activities to a professional basis. This inconvenient fact leaves his consciousness: partly he is blinded by the fact that he is now a real officer, with a uniform (that is, finally equal to those who bullied him), partly - he contemptuously treats many of his former comrades, believing that only he himself is the standard of the Russian patriot, and all means are good to increase his influence.

He is actually building a career not on the model of the White Guard officers, but on the model of Yevno Azef, a double agent, a provocateur who works both for the special services and for the conspirators. Obviously, he cannot admit this to himself.

The fate of the sadist

The complexes multiply and overlap: on the one hand, Girkin has finally officially entered the coveted caste, on the other, he feels himself behind enemy lines, without abandoning plans to overcome the hated regime.

In 1999, he asks for an appointment to serve in the CTO zone in the North Caucasus. And he spends the next five years there.

According to a number of reviews, his professional skills as a counterintelligence agent are extremely dubious, but he is characterized by pathological cruelty and sadistic methods of interrogation, as a result of which he receives "operational information."

There is a story that in the course of the implementation of unverified information, Girkin organized the shooting of a cafe with visitors not involved in the terrorists. The military prosecutor's office conducted an inspection, during which Girkin was removed from the state.

Then he appears, while in operational and military circles in the CTO zone, the call sign "Shooter" (earlier Girkin with the pseudonym "Igor Strelkov" signed his military prose in the form of notes about Bosnia).

In Chechnya, the story of Igor's second marriage takes place. He falls in love with a Chechen translator, 23-year-old Vera, who is married to a local policeman. Girkin organizes the detention and subsequent imprisonment of Vera's husband, and takes the woman to him, an act in the style of a cruel parody of the Caucasian tradition of bride kidnapping, the "Caucasian captive." Vera's first marriage is never dissolved.

Comical wound

A tendency begins to be traced - not ready for equal relations with women, the need to sublimate the inferiority complex, to dominate in relationships, hence the choice of an obviously younger and intellectually undeveloped, but attractive girl.

In this marriage, two children will be born, boys, both with genetic diseases. It will become obvious to all acquaintances that the reason is in Igor, for him the topic will be a taboo, he will divorce Vera, and he will not actually help the children.

The divorce took place several years after returning from Chechnya to Moscow. The realities of existence in the central office of the DBT FSB are the inability to cost a career, and at least equal relations with colleagues, lack of money, disappointment in his wife and children - all this leads Girkin to an extremely depressed state, he begins to drink decently and systematically (although up to 30 years, in general did not drink).

At the service he oversees the patriotic movement again. At times he tries to use his office opportunities to work for outsiders, however, finding himself in a difficult situation threatening publicity and punishment, he panics and refuses everyone.

There are only two outlets left: military-historical reconstruction and "literary creation". Writes a book of romantic fairy tales for children.

He goes into reconstruction with his head, spending all the money on this not the cheapest hobby. Except for the uniform of the period Patriotic War 1812 and Civil, which he had earlier, wears the uniform of the Second World War, creates a machine gun club, buys several dummy machine guns "Maxim". Also acquires the armor of a Roman legionnaire.

In the summer of 2007, under tragicomic circumstances, he was "wounded" - damage to the shin by a shell fragment that exploded directly under the fire in the camp of Girkin and his comrades who came to excavate the battle sites in the Novgorod region (the so-called "Myasnoy Bor"). An old friend who took him out of the forest since then does not want to communicate with him, motivating the refusal with Girkin's "woman's behavior".

Girkin is delivered to Moscow by a specially sent driver Borodai, by this time Girkin and Borodai are already old friends, however, another mania is brewing with Girkin - rivalry with Borodai. The penniless Girkin receives regular assistance from Borodai, but behind his back calls him a slippery businessman and a man who exchanged an idea for money. Borodai moves in political circles, but Girkin considers himself much more worthy for political activity.

At the beginning of 2013, Girkin actually came to a crisis. He was fired "without the right to wear a uniform." The reason is that he did not pass testing by a psychologist (according to close people, he attacked a specialist with fists, not wanting to answer questions about his sexual life). Naturally, Girkin claims that the testing was rigged by Russia's enemies and Western intelligence services.

Soon Girkin's old acquaintances call Borodai and ask him to put Girkin somewhere, otherwise he will get drunk. As a result, Borodai suits him with the head of the security service, Konstantin Malofeev (from the second time, at first, Malofeev does not like Girkin very much).

Then the story begins with the tour of the Gifts of the Magi, Girkin ensures the safety of shrines in Kiev and Crimea, preparations for the Crimean spring begin.

Russian spring

As soon as the adrenaline subsided after the march to Slavyansk and the occupation of the city, Girkin begins to experience constantly increasing stress. It consists of several factors:

Intoxicating with himself, feeling like a leader and commander, which is intensely fueled by the curtsies of the locals, who see him as the commander of the head detachment of the Russian army

The need to communicate with a large number of people, manage them, make decisions, at least adequately respond to curtsies

A terrible fear of physical pain and death (in fact, for the first time, he finds himself at the forefront, with the prospect of being surrounded and deploying large-scale hostilities (which soon really begin)

As a result, Girkin locks himself in the SBU room and the adjacent laundry building, and builds communication with others according to the principle of "Goodwin the Great and Terrible": a minimum of direct contacts, monosyllabic meaningful answers, relatively normal communication only with a narrow circle of people who adequately express their admiration for the "First". Behind this practice, he hides his inconsistency as a leader, which is confirmed by the personalities of those close to him (for example, Igor Druz, Vika-Vika, Igor Ivanov and other either freaks or sweet-talking swindlers and thieves).

For the first time, having received widespread fame and feeling the beginning of popularity, Girkin is actively entering the public space.

Fleeing from the front

Girkin's tendency to insubordination and rejection of the system (since the system at one time rejected him) leads to a perverse form of entering the public space: Girkin does not want to go out into the information space as the head of the DPR Ministry of Defense, his and his headquarters' messages do not go like reports from a department or his divisions, but as private publications of Girkin under the pseudonym "Kotych" on the Internet forum of lovers of reconstruction and military antiques.

That is, Girkin does not work in a team, does not associate himself with the republic, he has his own personal opinion about everything. Girkin does not have the understanding that in such a situation a member of the government cannot have a private opinion. He sees himself as the arbiter and measure of everything.

Girkin regularly makes video messages on the Internet, stating that "we are few, we are fighting for the entire Donbass, there are no weapons." This did not correspond to the real state of affairs. There were two reasons for these tragic statements:

Formation of his own heroic portrait of the "Knight of the Sorrowful Image", the only Nadezhda of the Russian People

Preparing the ground for flight under the pretext that he was abandoned by everyone (Girkin is already very scared, active hostilities are underway; in addition, he is full of consciousness of the value of his person for history and sees his main task as preserving himself for Russia)

Strelkov's management style in Slavyansk is characterized, on the one hand, by extremely inept command and passivity in the conduct of hostilities; on the other, extreme and unnecessary cruelty towards "suspicious persons" (mainly from among the local population, officials of the old administration). He takes revenge on his comrades-in-arms, who are not loyal enough to him, as it seems to him.

At the same time, Strelka, who is widely known in the media and on the Internet, but an untenable figure (does not control the situation), cannot be called a real commander. A number of independent groups operating in the Slavic-Kramatorsk agglomeration are simply guided by him and interact with his people, formally Mozgovoy passes under the command of Strelka, but this is done to a greater extent for ideological reasons and has no real embodiment. He runs the military forces criminally inept, given the losses.

By the time he left Slavyansk, Girkin's psychological crisis reached its peak. He spontaneously, contrary to orders, decides to flee, leaves quickly and secretly, abandons some of his people and journalists.

The legend, popular today, that Girkin came to put things in order in Donetsk, which they were going to hand over, is absolutely untrue. This version was born only in the fall of 2014, when Shooter had already been in Russia for a couple of months, and began to maintain his reputation. In fact, Girkin is afraid to go to Donetsk, realizing that there will be many complaints against him.

Then Strelka has no choice but to go to Donetsk. The millionth city with a difficult alignment of forces scares Strelka, he still does not know how to build relationships with normal men, and therefore he is only formally considered the head of the DPR Defense Ministry and does not try to exercise his powers in relation to really strong commanders.

Panic and humiliation

Girkin commands only a part of those who left Slavyansk. On the bayonets of the remaining faithful Slavs, Girkin turns energy into the usual direction: he deals with the obviously weak, that is, with civilians.

In Donetsk, Girkin meets his current, third wife. The type is the same again: 21 years old, poorly educated, outwardly attractive native of the Ivanovo region of the Russian Federation, Miroslava Reginskaya, who came to Donetsk to study, but actually went to work only in a nightclub. She works in the Prime Minister's Secretariat. Girkin is impressed by the girl, walks around her in circles, she is guided by more brutal men. Miroslav accepts Girkin's courtship only after leaving the Russian Federation, when it turns out to be of no use to anyone, according to the principle “for lack of anything better,” but rather soon tries on the role of a combat friend of the savior of the Russian World. Girkin flees to Russia.

Life after fear

Psychological complexes and a person's character explain a lot in human destiny. But a person is someone who is theoretically able to rise above himself. At a time when the militia heroically fought against nationalist battalions and the Ukrainian regular army, and the glory of the "300 riflemen" thundered in Donbass, Girkin could make the most important choice in his life - to remain in history as a hero, and not as a petty provocateur. But it turned out that he had enough cruelty to arrest people, provoke senseless victims, adherence to torture and violence against those who were already in his power, "in the basement." But he lacked his own determination and courage. The hero is the one who sacrifices himself for the sake of a high goal, yes, often risking others, but above all meeting the challenges of fate personally. But a provocateur - he only risks others. And when he realized that the "brilliant plan" had failed, he panicked and nearly killed the entire militia. Girkin is unlikely to have another chance to overcome the train of humiliation and complexes, and PR and political attempts will make him more and more ridiculous. Such is the fate of an imitator, a reenactor, a provocateur, who had a chance to become a hero of history, but who will remain the character of dirty and cruel anecdotes.

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