So I have seen this Russian propagandist pushing his pro-Russian views online, a couple of the Ukraine war channels have been replaying parts of his views from his views as a Russian propagandist. I must admit, I had no idea who he was, I thought he was just another pro-Russian blogger or vlogger. He was stating the war was mismanaged and Russia was heading for defeat, that is clear. I could see an unusual flag in his background, so I had an idea he was an ultra-nationalist.

I became suspicious when they referred to him as a terrorist on one of the voice-overs, so I decided to try and find out who he was. It was about this time that another Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky Vladlen Tatarsky was blown up in WMC WagnerYevgeny Prigozhin’s St Petersburg restaurant after being sent a gift to one of his get-togethers. Not too many people are upset about this, he was a divisive figure.

This has had a highly negative effect on Russian military bloggers, they are now scared and some are shutting their channels down. So this bombing of the Russian blogger has had a positive effect, Russian support for this war may soon wane. However, Whilst I do not support terrorism, I have to question if Vladlen Tatarsky is a legitimate target based on his propaganda to maintain Russian support of the invasion of Ukraine.

The individual in question is Igor Girkin, this took a bunch of effort to even work out who he was. By doing some picture searches, I was able to determine who he was and it was not a pretty picture. Igor Girkin is a convicted terrorist, he is a Russian and he is hiding from international authorities and being protected by Russia. So what did Igor Girkin do? Girkin was involved in the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines MH17 over Ukraine, he was the Russian commander who ordered the shooting down of a commercial airliner.

There was the loss of innocent lives from a multitude of countries including Australia [27], the Netherlands [193], Malaysia [43], Indonesia [12] and the United Kingdom [10]. Girkin was tried in the International Court of Justice at The Hague in the Netherlands. Naturally, Vladimir Putin protects terrorists and refuses to hand over Igor Girkin to the International Court of Justice. Igor Girkin is a convicted terrorist, that is now a proven fact, Russian President Vladimir Putin supports terrorism on so many levels, his unwillingness to hand over a convicted terrorist is yet another example of his support of state supported terrorism.