What's the “new Pigozin”, which is challenging Putin?

Not only are the opponents of the war creating problems for Vladimir Putin. There are also those who feel that offensive in Ukraine should become more severe. There are extremists who, with their high class activism, often cause more headaches than weak pacifists who are easy to silence. So, after the tragic death of Yevgeny Prigozy and the funeral of Dmitry Utkin, the right-hand wing of Wagner, the Russian president finds himself facing Igor Girkin, known as “Stralkov” (The host), who has announced he will run for the Federation presidency to succeed Putin himself next March.

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Girkin, 52, a former colonel of Russian intelligence internal services (FSB), led pro-Russian scesionist forces in the self-declared republic of Donetsk in Ukraine in 2014. Kiev authorities accuse him of serious human rights violations, and he was also sentenced to life imprisonment in the absence of a Malaysian plane crash of 298 people aboard in 2014 in Donbass. He is currently in prison on the charge of “inciting extremism” because he pointed out not with much kindness the inefficiency of military commands and the Kremlin itself, which he believed should have crushed the Ukrainian army a long time ago. Girkin is not the first high profile prisoner in the Russian penal system to have visible internet access. Anti-corruption activist and lawyer Alexei Navally has also been able to criticise Putin, despite being imprisoned. Gerkin promises to be more mean and ruthless than his opponent, unable to show himself in terms of military leaders, who, despite “disability “x4> shown by the armed forces, intelligence and military-industrial complex, “is being delivered to their country”, without being fired. Putin is even accused by Gurkin of being a very kind “” and inclined to “yot” by Western promises of a peaceful solution to the Donbass issue, such as Obama, Trump, Macron, Merkel, Portosenko or Zelensky. I never believed a word they said,” says Girkin.

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Girkin seems to be the new Prigozy now. Even though the two did not love each other at all, in fact after the spectacular but harmless Pgozhin of June 24th, Girkin had said that “chef” would do better work than Putin, to ensure Russia's security, because he is harsh and clean, a man more action than thought. During the winter, he had conflicts with the late leader of the Wagner Military Company, Yevgeny Prigozhin, criticising his “Attention Research”, using dead Russian soldiers such as “support” and publicly complaining about lack of ammunition. Prigozin offered Girkin the opportunity to sign a contract with PMC Wagner, originally as an initial-level mercenary and later as the equivalent of an officer on the ground. Finally, he refused, claiming that Prygozy and the Wagner Group had offended him and had questioned his loyalty to Russia.

Presidential Election

The Kremlin has not issued a statement concerning Girkin's possible candidacy or the legitimacy of his possible presidential candidacy. He also promised he would not stay in power as long as Putin, who was first elected president in 2000, if elected. I'm not as athletic and healthy as Vladimir Putin was, so I won't be able to bother you, my dear voters, just physically for more than 20 years”, Girkin wrote. His irony came after the Russian president's recent movement, which is trying at any cost not to seem too old to the Russian voting public. One of the criteria set before the elections is for potential opponents to be over 50. One of the main characteristics that Russians dislike at Putin, according to a May survey of this year, is age.