The Russian Community (Russkaya Obshina) is a new far-right Russian nationalist organisation with many regional branches across Russia, which began to gain popularity against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine. Slogan: “Russian brotherhood in Russia.” It positions itself as a network of mutual help for Russian people who suffer from the lawlessness of migrants. Launched in 2020, it was actively promoted with the resources of Tsargrad and Sorok sorokov. The Community has also launched its own eponymous app to network its supporters. It has no political ambitions as a pronounced ideology, but leans towards Russian ethnic nationalism and Orthodox fundamentalism. Loyal to the authorities. Claims to have more than 10 offices across the country, including the Far East.
Main recources
The Russian community is developing as an online community based on the Telegram platform. The Russian community is developing as an online community based on the Telegram platform. The goal is to gain one million Russian subscribers in the group. For this purpose, the group regularly publishes texts important for the national consciousness of Russians: about migrants, banning abortion, helping Russian soldiers at the front, that “it is cool to be Russian”.
Self-description
“The Russian community is an environment for uniting Russian people on the principle of mutual assistance. Objectives of the community: 1. Organisation of Communities on the ground and establishment of horizontal links between them. 2. Unification of Russian people for all kinds of help to each other. 3. Development of Russian self-government and entrepreneurship”.
Areas of work
It is stated that within the Community there is a human rights centre, which helps all Russian people in difficult life situations, as well as a charitable foundation, which was registered, judging by the documents, in August 2022.
Public figures
Speaking on behalf of the Community are Andrei Tkachuk, coordinator of the Russian Community, and Andrei Afanasyev, a presenter and political commentator for the Orthodox TV channel Spas, and