Igor Ivanovich Strelkov is a Russian army veteran and former (FSB) officer who played a key role in the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, and later the war in Donbas as an organizer of militant groups in the DPR. While leading a group of separatist militants into Ukraine in the 2014 Siege of Sloviansk, Girkin gained influence and attention. Strelkov is critical of the war in Ukraine and how Russia has done. Strelkov is wanted in the west for shooting down flight MH17