Minin and Pozharsky people's militia

Colonel V.V. Kvachkov read out a statement by the NOMP headquarters about the creation of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Russia. Moscow, November 23, 2010

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Minin and Pozharsky people's militia (NOMP) is an unregistered Russian public organization. In February 2015, a judicial decision was recognized as a terrorist organization ^[1] .

It was established in February 2009 by GRU Colonel Vladimir Kvachkov . The appeal “People’s Militia Today” was issued, which, inter alia, said: “... the names of Minin and Pozharsky are included in the name of the organization because of the striking similarity of the current position of Russia with the situation of four centuries ago. Confusion at the very top - you won’t understand who rules the country ... inter-clan fighting ... betrayal of the boyars ... theft and arbitrariness ... robbery in the streets ... an invasion from the West. " Yury Ekishev , who was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in 2007 for inciting ethnic hatred, became a member of the NOMP headquarters and the main assistant to Kvachkov.

The NOMP includes representatives of the Union of Officers , the Movement Against Illegal Immigration (DPNI), the Russian imperial movement , the Russian National Union (RONS), the Military-Power Union of Russia , and the Left Front . NOMP cells were created in more than forty regions of Russia. ^[2]

Trials

On December 23, 2010, Kvachkov was detained by FSB officers in his apartment on charges of organizing insurgency and terrorism . ^[3]

At the end of July 2011, the FSB reported that members of the local cell of the Minin and Pozharsky people's militia were detained in Yekaterinburg . The detainees were charged with organizing a terrorist group and preparing a rebellion. According to investigators, on the morning of August 2, 2011 (on the day of the Airborne Forces ) several armed combat detachments with a skeleton of former Special Forces troops were to break into the buildings of the Yekaterinburg police department , the FSB, the Emergencies Ministry and destroy their leaders. The same detachments were entrusted to seize warehouses with weapons. Groups of saboteurs were supposed to blow up the electrical substations of Yekaterinburg, in order to de-energize the city and sow panic among the population. Further, the rebels allegedly planned to mobilize and arm the entire male population of Yekaterinburg, and with such forces to keep the defense pending receipt of assistance from neighboring regions. The leader of the military unit is called businessman Alexander Yermakov, who, according to the investigators, not only developed a rebellion plan under the code name "Dawn", but also recruited supporters among retired military and security officials who were dissatisfied with the reforms in the country. Four more - a 64-year-old Afghan colonel Leonid Khabarov , a former intelligence officer Vladislav Ladeyshchikov, a businessman Sergey Katnikov, a doctor of science, inventor Viktor Kralin were detained on July 19 in Yermakov’s office. They were all airsoft . ^{[4] [5]}

On February 8, 2013, the Moscow City Court sentenced Vladimir Kvachkov to 13 years in a penal colony for preparing an armed insurgency. The second defendant, Alexander Kiselev, was sentenced to 11 years of strict regime. The verdict states that it was established that in 2009 Kvachkov offered his supporters in various cities to take part in an armed rebellion, which was to begin on June 24, 2010. His trusted Manrik picked up people and they underwent military training at the range in Myakinino . In 2010, Kiselyov in St. Petersburg picked up a group of ten people and acquired weapons. Kvachkov with supporters were going to start a rebellion in Kovrov . It was planned to seize in small groups the buildings of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Federal Security Service, the Ministry of Emergency Situations Kovrov, as well as weapons and ammunition. The success of the armed rebellion in Kovrov was, according to their plans, to provoke similar events in other regions. One of the main evidence in the case was the recording of the conversation of several Kvachkov supporters when they were developing a plan for a sortie into Kovrov, intelligence, distribution of funds and human resources. ^[6]

In May 2012, the trial began in the Sverdlovsk Regional Court on charges against Khabarov, Ladeyshchikov, Katnikov and Kralin. As explained to the investigation of Ladeyshchikov, comrades-in-arms set for him “operational tasks”. In particular, he had to find ways for the militants to approach and retreat to the building of the Yekaterinburg synagogue , track the timetable and movement routes of the Sverdlovsk Rabbi Zelig Ashkenazi for his subsequent liquidation. The rabbi’s murder was to be carried out by a nonresident fighting group that arrived in Yekaterinburg “under the guise of airsoft”. Also, the defendants allegedly planned to liquidate the heads of the security agencies of the Sverdlovsk region. The rebellion was to begin with the detonation of the power lines supplying Yekaterinburg. Then the conspirators had to break into the military units stationed in the city, after which the military, according to the plan, had to go over to the side of the “revolutionaries”. Further, "mobilizing Sverdlovsk", "People's Militia" was going to move to Moscow to overthrow the government. The conspirators had pistols and revolvers, some of which were training, and some were fighting. But the examination carried out revealed that of all the weapons seized, only one pistol was suitable for firing.

Ladeyshchikov - the only one of the accused gave confessions to the investigation. Therefore, he was dropped charges of preparing for the rebellion. He was charged only with the commission of crimes under Art. 205.1, Part 1 (the threat of a terrorist act) and Art. 222, part 2 (illegal acquisition, transfer, sale and storage of ammunition and explosive devices) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Alexander Yermakov was declared insane and sent for compulsory treatment. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

February 26, 2013 was sentenced in this case. Leonid Khabarov and Viktor Kralin were each sentenced to 4.5 years in a general correctional colony (they were convicted only under the articles “Assisting terrorist activities” and “Illegal acquisition, transfer, sale, storage, transportation or carrying of firearms, ammunition, explosive weapons substances ”), Alexander Ladeyshchikov received 2 years of imprisonment conditionally. ^[10] . The suspended sentence was also received by S.Katnikov, who had confessed guilt ^[11] . In July 2014, L. Khabarov was released, and V. Kralin ^[11] came out in January 2015.