"Purpose number one": Gorkin was arrested because of the threat

He said this in an interview with Channel 24 on July 21. Maltsev stated that "extremism" is only a reason for the detention of Gorkin, and the real cause is completely different. The politician emphasized that during the week he repeatedly mentioned this reason on the air on Ukrainian television. "I said that Kvachkov Strelkov and others would destroy Shogu," Maltsev said.

The oppositionist also added that the removal of the current head of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation is "unacceptable" for him, as he would still like to meet him "on the battlefield when there will be a civil war. " According to Vyacheslav Maltsev, Girkin may have not prepared a direct attempt on Shogu, but the conversation, according to the politician, was conducted in his environment.

The politician believes that the associates of the terrorist have said they were ready and that some "preparatory measures" needed. "I knew that he would be mandatory. And of course, someone from a circle of Gorikin, Klochkov and others. First, Girkin is very jealous of Prigogine's success, and Prigogine failed to overthrow Shogu, so for Gorkin's goal number one, it is, of course, Shoga,"-said Vyacheslav Maltsev.

At the same time, the Russian oppositionist does not believe that in the event of success of such an operation, Girkin would claim the place of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation. "There is only one goal - to carry out an action that would record them in an analogue of some" patriots "," Maltsev summed up. It should be reminded that on July 21 the terrorist Igor Strelkov-Girkin was detained in the Russian Federation.

Law enforcement officers took him from home about noon, where they were searched. He will be held in a pre -trial detention center in the next two months before the new court hearing. Earlier, on July 18, in the Russian Federation, an administrative case was taken to a 74-year retired Colonel Vladimir Kvachkov.