"Russian Military Blogger Igor Girkin Receives Four-Year Prison Sentence for Extremism"

Igor Girkin, a former Russian military commander and prominent pro-war blogger, has been sentenced to four years in prison on extremism charges by a Moscow court. Girkin, also known as Strelkov, was convicted of inciting extremism and was also barred from accessing the internet. He had been increasingly critical of President Vladimir Putin's handling of the war on Ukraine and was linked to the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in 2014. Girkin's arrest came amid growing opposition to Putin's leadership, and he is among the best-known of Russia's "milbloggers" who support the invasion but have become critical of the military's operations in Ukraine.