MOSCOW, July 21 (Reuters) - Russian investigators have detained prominent Russian nationalist Igor Girkin, his wife said on Friday, a move which suggests authorities may have wearied of his criticism of how Moscow is running its "special military operation" in Ukraine.
Girkin, who is also known as Igor Strelkov, helped Russia annex Crimea in 2014 and then organise pro-Russian militias in eastern Ukraine.
In a message posted on Girkin's official Telegram account, his wife, Miroslava Reginskaya, said:"Today, at about 11.30, representatives of the Investigative Committee came to our house.
Soon, according to the concierge, they took my husband out by his arms and in an unknown direction."
She said friends had told her that Girkin had been charged with extremism.
Persons:
Igor Girkin, Girkin, Igor Strelkov, Vladimir Putin, Sergei Shoigu, Miroslava Reginskaya, Andrew Osborn
Organizations:
Federal Security Service, Defence, Investigative, Reuters, Thomson
Locations:
MOSCOW, Russian, Moscow, Ukraine, Russia, Crimea