Posted on 09/29/2023 1:38:04 PM PDT by MeganC
Pavel Gubarev, a Russian political figure in Donbass, openly and freely describes his point of view to Russian media.
Highlights include saying it's okay to kill up to five million Ukrainians in order to conquer Ukraine, it's acceptable to kill all of the Ukrainians if that's what it takes and he freely calls this genocide, like many Russians he makes numerous references to engaging NATO in a nuclear war if Russia is not allowed to reassemble their empire, etc.
All in his own words without editorial narrative.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Gubarev
Completely discredited by Russia.
And this...
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However, despite this early promninence, Gubarev was soon sidelined by other separatist leaders and then banned from taking part in the 2014 Donbas parliamentary elections, which eliminated the post of “People’s Governor”.[3][3]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Gubarev
Gubarev and Girkin are quite the extremist comrades in Russia, certainly not the norm:
Russia arrests nationalist Kremlin critic for ‘extremism’
Issued on: 21/07/2023
Excerpt:
“A Moscow court ordered Girkin to be placed in detention pending trial on charges of “public calls for extremism” that could land him in prison for five years.
“Justice in our country, once again, has not triumphed” his lawyer Alexander Molokhov told reporters outside the Meshchansky Court in Moscow.
Molokhov said the defence would appeal the court’s decision and explained the case against his client was based on two social media posts in which Girkin discussed Russian-annexed Crimea and army supplies.
Several dozen supporters gathered around the court, with at least one detained.
“The repressive machine has gone into full gear, this is an excuse to knock him out from public work,” said Pavel Gubarev, head of the “Club of Angry Patriots” that Girkin co-founded.
‘A patriot’
Shortly before being detained, Gubarev said Girkin’s supporters would fight using all legal means.
“Igor Ivanovich Strelkov isn’t just not an extremist: he is a patriot who has gone through five wars in the interests of Russia.”
A former FSB colonel, Girkin was one of the key figures in the pro-Kremlin insurgency when fighting broke out in eastern Ukraine in 2014.
Girkin ruled the then-rebel stronghold of Sloviansk with an iron fist, with executions for petty theft reportedly carried out under his rule.
But he was squeezed out of the separatist leadership later that year under mysterious circumstances and returned to Russia, where he lost all influence, until the offensive began.
In 2022, he was one of three men sentenced by a Dutch court to life imprisonment over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014.
Girkin came back to the spotlight after the beginning of the offensive, becoming one of the most vocal critics of Putin and of the way in which Russia’s offensive in Ukraine has been conducted.”
“Completely discredited by Russia.”
Citation please.
So Gubarev was detained and Girkin was arrested for their pro-war extremism. THIS is the person you are falsely portraying as representing Russia.
After arrest of Russian pro-war nationalist Girkin, his henchman Gubarev was detained near court
"The Russian Meshchansky district court detained until 18 September Russian pro-war nationalist and critic of the Russian authorities Igor Girkin, also known by his nom de guerre Igor Strelkov, on charges of "calls for extremism".
Girkin is described as a 'henchman' of Gubarev. Gubarev is to stay in prison for now, and is known to be a critic of Putin whom he describes as 'weak'.
So, MeaganC, You took an extremist against Putin and claimed he represents Russia's aspirations to war. How underhanded of you, MeaganC!
What an amateur. Yuval Noah Harari wants to kill more than a billion people.
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