Russian Nationalist Igor Girkin Announces Plan To Challenge Putin in Next Year’s Presidential Elections

Jailed critic calls the Russian president a ‘lowlife’ and ‘cowardly bum.’

A pro-Russian commander, Igor Girkin, center, at Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, July 11, 2014. — A pro-Russian commander, Igor Girkin, center, at Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, July 11, 2014. AP/Dmitry Lovetsky, file

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