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Ukraine Separatists In Seeming Disarray Amid Rumors Of Strelkov's Demise
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty RFE/RL ^ | August 14, 2014 | Daisy Sindelar

Posted on 08/14/2014 9:46:07 AM PDT by WhiskeyX

Where is Igor Strelkov?

A day after a separatist news agency reported the notorious rebel commander had been seriously wounded, the news trail has gone largely silent, leaving many to speculate about the true fate of Strelkov and Ukraine's increasingly fractious separatists.

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Some have interpreted Strelkov's rumored injury as a sign that Moscow, deeply compromised by the MH17 downing, may have recalled him as punishment for his costly blunder.

(Excerpt) Read more at rferl.org ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: igorgirkin; russia; ukraine
In Russia, failure is typically punished by execution or assassination.
1 posted on 08/14/2014 9:46:07 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
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To: WhiskeyX

Looks like he’s scheduled for his 9 grams.


2 posted on 08/14/2014 9:47:06 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: WhiskeyX

“In Russia, failure is typically punished by execution or assassination.”
________________

‘You have failed me for the last time, Strelkov’.
-Darth Putin


3 posted on 08/14/2014 9:50:58 AM PDT by AnAmericanAbroad (It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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To: WhiskeyX

He’s saying he bergdahled.


4 posted on 08/14/2014 10:03:07 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: WhiskeyX
Igor Vsevolodovich Girkin (Russian: Игорь Всеволодович Гиркин), also known as Igor Ivanovich Strelkov (Russian: Игорь Иванович Стрелков), born on 17 December 1970,[1] is a Russian citizen from Moscow[2] who is a key figure behind the War in Donbass as the military commander of the Donetsk People's Republic rebellion.
5 posted on 08/14/2014 10:09:04 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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Where was he last seen???

Maybe we can help him and get some of that good Russian Aid to him, and he will perk up and come back to his old self.


6 posted on 08/14/2014 10:37:08 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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He was last seen on a train headed west

7 posted on 08/14/2014 10:42:17 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12 ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
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8 posted on 08/14/2014 11:29:57 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: WhiskeyX

In Russia, success may be rewarded by imprisonment till death, execution, or assassination.


9 posted on 08/14/2014 12:05:37 PM PDT by WhiskeyX
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To: WhiskeyX

Good riddance (if true)


10 posted on 08/14/2014 2:48:10 PM PDT by Ivan Mazepa
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To: Uncle Chip
I found a pic dated July 28 in a presser in Donetsk. Veeoz was the source. He resigned today according to Reuters.

Also, the Bosnians are after him for crimes he allegedly committed while serving there.

His replacement is Vladimir Kononov.

11 posted on 08/14/2014 4:54:43 PM PDT by donozark (The voices inside my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!)
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It looks like there are a lot of people there that are going to be trying to slink back into the shadows.


12 posted on 08/14/2014 6:38:20 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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