Investigators are conducting searches at the founders of the organization 'Deputies of Peaceful Russia' as part of a case on cooperation with an 'undesirable' organization, which this association has been recognized as, state agencies reported citing sources in law enforcement.
Searches are being conducted in the apartments of former municipal deputies Ilya Azar, Igor Glek, Galina Filchenko, and Nodari Khanashvili and their relatives. According to RT, criminal cases have been initiated against Azar, Glek, as well as municipal deputies Elena Rusakova and Sergey Vlasov under the article on working with an 'undesirable' organization. As propagandists write, on March 1, the organization 'together with the terrorist RDK***' held a rally in Berlin demanding the 'overthrow of the Russian government'. Nothing is reported about the cases against Filchenko and Khanashvili. Their status is unknown.
In March 2025, the Moscow prosecutor's office demanded to initiate a criminal case on organizing the activities of an 'undesirable' organization against four members of the organization — Azar, Glek, Rusakova, and Vlasov.
The association 'Deputies of Peaceful Russia' was created in Berlin in the fall of 2023. It includes more than 70 people elected to Russian parliaments at various levels since 2012. In August 2024, the Prosecutor General's Office recognized the association as an 'undesirable' organization.
* Recognized in Russia as a 'foreign agent'.
** Recognized in Russia as an 'undesirable' organization.
*** Recognized in Russia as a 'terrorist' organization.