The delayed threat of Strelkov’s opposition movement

In May 2016, Igor Strelkov, the former military commander of the Donetsk People’s Republic – and a man often credited with setting the East Ukraine separatist conflict in motion before the Kremlin pushed him out – launched the All-Russian Nationalist Movement (OND), publishing an oppositionist declaration, giving interviews, and generally voicing explicitly anti-Putin views.

Article analyses this development.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Russia: Strelkov’s nationalist movement is reactivated http://www.europeansources.info/record/russia-strelkovs-nationalist-movement-is-reactivated/

The Guardian, 05.06.16: Russia's 'valiant hero' in Ukraine turns his fire on Vladimir Putin https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/05/russias-valiant-hero-in-ukraine-turns-his-fire-on-vladimir-putin

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