Russian Insurgent Army

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.

• 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]

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