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Igor Strelkov

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Igor Vsevolodovich Girkin (Russian: И́горь Все́володович Ги́ркин, IPA: [ˈiɡərʲ ˈfsʲevələdəvʲɪdʑ ˈɡʲirkʲɪn]; born 17 December 1970), also known by the alias Igor Ivanovich Strelkov (Russian: И́горь Ива́нович Стрелко́в, IPA: [ˈiɡərʲ ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ strʲɪlˈkof]), is a Russian army veteran and former Federal Security Service (FSB) officer who played a key role in the Russian annexation of Crimea, and then in the Donbas War as an organizer of militant groups in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). In 2024 he was convicted on charges of inciting extremism. Earlier he received a life sentence in absentia in the Netherlands for his role in downing the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. Girkin admitted responsibility for sparking the Donbas War in eastern Ukraine when, in April 2014, he led a group of armed Russian militants who seized Sloviansk. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Igor Strelkov is the 12,964th most popular politician (down from 9,611th in 2019), the 1,389th most popular biography from Russia (down from 972nd in 2019) and the 360th most popular Russian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Igor Strelkov ranks 12,965 out of 19,576. Before him are Viggo Kampmann, Cécilia Attias, Ling Liong Sik, Friedrich Wilhelm, Count Brandenburg, Ventidius Cumanus, Ljubomir Davidović, and Vladimiro Montesinos. After him are Erich Ollenhauer, Josef Munzinger, Djefatnebti, Carlo I Tocco, and Nisreen Elsaim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Igor Strelkov ranks 106. Before him are Jim Courier, Nasser Al-Attiyah, David A. R. White, Adi Hütter, Minnie Driver, and Anna Maria Jopek. After him are Yumi Watanabe, Barry Pepper, Savannah, Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco, Todd Phillips, and Emmanuel Amunike.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Igor Strelkov ranks 1,389 out of 3,761. Before him are Sergey Solovyov (1820), Mikhail Pogodin (1800), Yevgeny Polivanov (1891), Vladimir Zeldin (1915), Lev Dyomin (1926), and Veniamin Kaverin (1902). After him are Marie Vassilieff (1884), Talgat Tadzhuddin (1948), Peter Arshinov (1887), Solomon Lozovsky (1876), Nikolay Novikov (1744), and Valeri Tokarev (1952).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Igor Strelkov ranks 360. Before him are Boris Eikhenbaum (1886), Artaxias III (-13), Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov (1786), Fyodor Dan (1871), Elena Mukhina (1960), and Grigory Romanov (1923). After him are Solomon Lozovsky (1876), Edwin Linkomies (1894), Igor Sechin (1960), Nikolai Valuev (1973), Andrey Andreyevich Andreyev (1895), and Izmail Sreznevsky (1812).

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