Whakaoti i te rerenga e whai ake nei: Igor Vsevolodovich Girkin (,; 17 Hakihea 1970), e mohiotia ana hoki e te ingoa ingoa Igor Ivanovich Strelkov (), he hoia patu patu patu a te ope taua o Ruhia i whai waahi nui ki te Whakauru o Crimea e te Russian Federation, a muri ake te Pakanga i Donbas hei kaiwhakahaere o nga roopu whawhai a te Donetsk People's Republic. I ārahi a Girkin i tētahi rōpū hōia ki Ukraine i reira i whai wāhi ai ia ki te
Te whakapae o Sloviansk. I te wa o te pakanga i piki ake tana mana, a, ko ia te rangatira o nga hoia katoa o nga ope wehe i te rohe o Donbas, i whakapumautia e te Pirimia o te Donetsk People's Republic a Alexander Borodai nana nei i whakatu hei Minita Tiaki.