Russian Prosecutor Seeks Long Jail Term for Putin Critic Girkin

FILE - Igor Girkin, a hardline nationalist critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, sits inside a defendant's cage at Moscow City Court on Oct. 17, 2023. Prosecutors asked a judge to jail Girkin for nearly five years on extremist charges on Jan. 18, 2024.

A Russian state prosecutor asked a Moscow court on Thursday to jail prominent nationalist Igor Girkin, who accuses President Vladimir Putin and the army top brass of not pursuing the Ukraine war effectively enough, for nearly five years.