Russian Insurgent Army

Paramilitary organization formed in 2014

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Russian Insurgent Army

* Russian: Российская Повстанческая Армия
* Ukrainian: Російська Повстанська Армія
Rosijśka Povstanśka Armija

"Let's take back our country!"
(Russian: Вернём себе Родину!)
(Ukrainian: Повернемо собі Батьківщину!
Povernemo sobi Baťkivščynu)

Dates of operation| 2014–present
Country|  Ukraine
Allegiance|  Ukraine

* Armed Forces of Ukraine
* Territorial Defense
* International Legion (Ukraine)

Ideology|

* Decommunization
* Economic liberalization
* Anti-Putinism
* National conservatism

Political position| Right-wing to far-right
Size| Not disclosed
Opponents|  Government of Russia
Battles and wars|

* Russo-Ukrainian War
* War in Donbas (2014–2022)
* Eastern Ukraine campaign

Colors| Black, yellow

Russian Insurgent Army (Russian: Русская Повстанческая Армия; Ukrainian: Російська Повстанська Армія, Rosijśka Povstanśka Armija; РПА; RPA) is a paramilitary organization established on December 29, 2014, in Kyiv.[1] The RPA is an organization of Russian refugees and emigrants who fight on the side of Ukraine as part of volunteer battalions.[2]

## History

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On January 22, 2015, at the request of the Russian Prosecutor General's Office, the video "Creation of the Russian Insurgent Army (RPA)" was added to the register of banned sites on YouTube for "calls to fight the Putin regime with weapons in hand". On January 28, 2015, Roskomnadzor added YouTube to the register of banned websites. During the same day, the video "Creation of the Russian Insurgent Army (RPA)" was removed from YouTube, after which YouTube was unblocked in Russia.

The RPA positions itself as the "army of the Russian opposition" in the confrontation between the opposition and the Russian government.[3] The organization conducts underground activities in the territory of the Russian Federation.

The requirements and goals of the RPA are set out in the manifesto:[4][non-primary source needed]

* The overthrow of the Putin regime and the neo-Soviet nomenklatura, based on the power of violence and oppression, which appropriated the wealth and resources of the peoples of Russia;
* The cessation of the war in Ukraine and any attempts by revanchist forces to incite interethnic conflicts in the post-Soviet space;
* Consolidation of the national sovereignty of the Russian people in the Russian Federation and in the world.

## Direct actions

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* October 27, 2016, An arson attack on the headquarters of the "Troll Factory" in St. Petersburg was claimed by the RPA, although there was a Molotov cocktail attack the night before on October 26.[5]
* November 16, 2016, Arson of the house of the governor of the Volgograd region Andrey Bocharov.[6]
* March 2, 2017, Assassination of the former United Russia deputy of the Iskitim district of the city of Berdsk, Vladimir Shevtsov.[7]

## See also

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* Freedom of Russia Legion
* National Republican Army (Russia)
* Russian Volunteer Corps

## References

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1. ^ "Dissident Looks to Raise 'Rebel Army' to Overthrow Putin". The Daily Signal. May 18, 2015. Archived from the original on April 21, 2023.
2. ^ "В батальоне ОУН воюют россияне, которых на родине обвиняют в сепаратизме". OBOZREVATEL NEWS. April 10, 2015. Archived from the original on March 4, 2022.
3. ^ "Андрей Кузнецов: Именно в эмиграции происходит та сплавка, которая была на украинском Майдане". Archived from the original on September 2, 2021.
4. ^ Манифест Русской Повстанческой Армии [Manifesto of the Russian Insurgent Army]. Доброволец | Русская Повстанческая Армия. February 8, 2016. Archived from the original on June 25, 2022. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
5. ^ "Ответственность за поджог "фабрики троллей" взяли активисты из Киева". fontanka.ru - новости Санкт-Петербурга. October 27, 2016. Archived from the original on June 21, 2022.
6. ^ "Ответственность за поджог дома губернатора взяла на себя Русская Повстанческая Армия". Archived from the original on March 3, 2018.
7. ^ "Заявила о причастности к убийству депутата Шевцова "Русская повстанческая армия"". kurer-sreda.ru. Archived from the original on June 21, 2022.

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Opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia

Protests|

* 2004–2005 Benefits monetization protests
* Dissenters' March
* 2011–2013 protests
* Bolotnaya Square case
* 2014 anti-war protests
* 2017–2018 protests
* Termless protest
* 2018 pension protests
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Unrest|

* 2010 Moscow riots
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* Belarusian and Russian partisan movement
* 2022–2023 military commissariats attacks
* 2022–2023 rail war

Annual|

* Strategy-31
* Russian marches
* Anti-capitalism

Coalitions|

* Committee 2008
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* Solidarnost
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* Anti-Corruption Foundation
* Navalny Headquarters
* Free Russia Forum
* Anti-War Committee of Russia
* True Russia
* Free Nations of Post-Russia Forum
* Russian Action Committee
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* A Just World

Organizations|

| Liberal|

* Democratic Union
* DOXA Magazine
* Meduza
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* Yabloko
* Open Russia
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* United Civil Front
* Russian People's Democratic Union
* Our Choice
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* Novaya Gazeta
* Libertarian Party of Russia
* Feminist Anti-War Resistance

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Left-wing|

* Federation of Socialist Youth
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* Russian Maoist Party
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Nationalist|

* Slavic Union
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* Nation and Freedom Committee
* Northern Brotherhood
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* National Democratic Alliance
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* Ethnic National Union
* Society.Future
* National Socialism / White Power

Indigenous|

* Adat People's Movement
* Committee of Bashkir Resistance
* Free Buryatia Foundation
* Ingush Independence Committee
* Karelian National Movement
* Oirat-Kalmyk People's Congress
* Free Idel-Ural
* Ittifaq Party

Other|

* National Bolshevik Party
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* The Other Russia of E. V. Limonov
* Freedom Nation
* People's Will Army
* Society of Blue Buckets
* Union of Slavic Forces of Russia
* Artpodgotovka
* Party of the Dead
* Stop the Wagons
* National Republican Army
* Freedom of Russia Legion
* Russian Volunteer Corps
* Russian Insurgent Army

People|

| Liberal|

* Liya Akhedzhakova
* Boris Akunin
* Yevgenia Albats
* Georgy Alburov
* Nikolay Alexeyev
* Lyudmila Alexeyeva
* Maria Alyokhina
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* Darya Besedina
* Konstantin Borovoi
* Anastasia Bryukhanova
* Dmitry Bykov
* Lilia Chanysheva
* Evgeny Chichvarkin
* Yevgeniya Chirikova
* Ildar Dadin
* Roman Dobrokhotov
* Yury Dud
* Yekaterina Duntsova
* Tikhon Dzyadko
* Tamara Eidelman
* Mark Feygin
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* Masha Gessen
* Dmitry Glukhovsky
* Alexei Gorinov
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* Vladimir Kara-Murza
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* Maxim Katz
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* Alexander Kobrinsky
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* Boris Nadezhdin
* Lyudmila Narusova
* Alexei Navalny
* 2013 mayoral campaign
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* Boris Nemtsov
* assassination
* Alexander Nevzorov
* Valeriya Novodvorskaya
* Marina Ovsyannikova
* Sergey Parkhomenko
* Leonid Parfyonov
* Maria Pevchikh
* Andrey Piontkovsky
* Andrei Pivovarov
* Anna Politkovskaya
* assassination
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* Lev Ponomaryov
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* Maxim Reznik
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* Marina Salye
* Yekaterina Samutsevich
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* Ruslan Shaveddinov
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* Lev Shlosberg
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* Natalya Sindeyeva
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* Boris Vishnevskiy
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* Mikhail Zygar

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* Viktor Anpilov
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* Yevgeny Stupin
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* Sergei Udaltsov
* Anastasia Udaltsova
* Kirill Ukraintsev

Nationalist|

* Aleksandr Averin
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* Alexander Belov-Potkin
* Dmitry Demushkin
* Andrei Dmitriev
* Dmitry Enteo
* Sergei Furgal
* Igor Girkin
* Oleg Kashin
* Denis Kapustin
* Vladimir Kvachkov
* Ilya Konstantinov
* Daniil Konstantinov
* Ilya Lazarenko
* Eduard Limonov
* Vyacheslav Maltsev
* Maxim Martsinkevich
* Maria Motuznaya
* Yury Mukhin
* Yevgeni Ponasenkov
* Vladislav Pozdnyakov
* Egor Prosvirnin
* Valery Solovei
* Mikhail Svetov
* Vladimir Tor
* Roman Yuneman

Films and books|

* Blowing Up Russia (2002)
* Putin's Russia (2004)
* The Revolution That Wasn't (2008)
* 12 Who Don't Agree (2009)
* Putin. Corruption (2011)
* Term (2014)
* Putin. War (2014)
* Chaika (2015)
* He Is Not Dimon to You (2017)
* Putin's Palace (2021)
* Navalny (2022)

Terms|

* Grandpa in his bunker
* Non-system opposition
* Party of crooks and thieves
* Putler
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* Putin Must Go
* Russia will be free
* Smart Voting
* White-blue-white flag
* Zelyonka attack

Related|

* Alexander Gabyshev
* Masha Moskalyova case
* Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko
* Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal
* Russian emigration following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine

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