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Formed cases against members of the prohibited "army of the will of the people"
Cases against Valery Parfenov and Alexander Sokolov, members of the organization “Army of the will of the people”, prohibited as extremist. The decrees of the Investigative Department of the Central Administrative District of Moscow say that Sokolov participated in the renaming of the ABN in the initiative group for the preparation of the referendum “For responsible power” (IGPR “Call”), “At the same time, realizing that the true goal is to“ shake the “political situation” in the Russian Federation, “as well as the change of existing power by a non -alloy way”. Sokolov also organized on the Internet to promote the goals and objectives of the movement. Parthenov, on the other hand, attracts new members, teaches them methods of extremist activity, organizes the collection of funds for the needs of movement and participates in the promotion of its goals and objectives on the Internet.
The “Army of the will of the people” was recognized as an extremist organization in October 2010 in connection with the spread of the leaflet “You chose - to judge you!”, Which stated the need to change the constitution through a referendum. The leaflet was recognized as extremist material.
In February 2014, Alexander Sokolov in the framework of the case of another UPPR “Call” Kirill Barabash, according to which he passed as a witness. However, then an employee of the Center for Combating Extremism told Sokolov that the reason for the search was the calculation of the costs of the Olympiad.