Searches and arrests took place in several Russian cities in connection with the case of the People's Militia of Russia

In at least 16 regions of Russia, searches and detentions were carried out in connection with the case of the People's Militia of Russia (NOR) movement. This is reported by Lenta.ru with reference to the report of the REN TV channel. Also, the OVD-Info hotline was informed that the riot police in Yeysk detained a man because of his connection with the “Kvachkov organization”.

According to the REN TV channel, weapons, gunpowder, instructions on the tactics of conducting guerrilla warfare and the manufacture of explosive devices, campaign materials and symbols of the organization were allegedly confiscated from the detainees.

Nadezhda Kvachkova, the wife of the founder of the Minin and Pozharsky People's Militia, reported on the search at the residence of Ataman Alexander Kholin, who was recognized as a witness in the NOR case.

• The organization "People's Militia of Russia" is the legal successor of the "People's Militia named after Minin and Pozharsky", created by former GRU colonel Vladimir Kvachkov in February 2008. By the decision of the Moscow City Court dated February 18, 2015, it was included in the federal list of organizations recognized as terrorist.
• Kvachkov was sentenced in February 2013 to 13 years in a strict regime colony on charges of assisting terrorist activities (part 1 of article 205.1 of the Criminal Code) and attempted armed rebellion (under part 3 of article 30 of article 279 of the Criminal Code). On August 18, 2017, he was added another year and a half in prison on charges of inciting hatred for a video he recorded in IK-5 in Mordovia.