Igor Girkin in court asked for a measure of restraint in the form of house arrest. He said he suffers from angina pectoris (chest pain or discomfort due to coronary heart disease) but hasn't received a certificate yet.
“The investigator’s statement that I can hide abroad is frankly ridiculous, I am wanted by Interpol in most countries of the world, I have been sentenced by the Hague Tribunal to life imprisonment for a crime that I did not commit,” he said.