People's Will Army Армия воли народа | |
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| Abbreviation | AVN (English) АВН (Russian) |
| Leader | Yury Mukhin |
| Founders | Yury Mukhin Oleg Shenin |
| Founded | October 11, 1997 |
| Banned | February 22, 2011 |
| Succeeded by | For Responsible Government |
| Headquarters | Moscow |
| Newspaper | Duel [ru] K baryeru! (To the barrier!) Berozovaya kasha (Birch porridge) |
| Membership (2008) | 1,000 |
| Ideology | Delocracy [ru] Russian nationalism National democracy Left-wing nationalism Anti-Bureaucracy Neo-Stalinism Antisemitism |
| Political position | Syncretic |
| National affiliation | National Assembly of the Russian Federation ROT FRONT |
| Colours | Black White Red |
| Slogan | "There is no responsibility without a predetermined punishment!" (Russian: "Не бывает ответственности без заранее предусмотренного наказания!") |
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| Website | |
| avn.armiavn.com | |
The People's Will Army (AVN; Russian: Армия воли народа; АВН; Armiya voli naroda, AVN) was a Russian public organization that advocated the adoption of legislative acts establishing the direct responsibility of the President and the Federal Assembly of Russia for their activities.
According to the position of the participants in this movement, the voters of Russia do not have real levers of control over politicians, which must Constitution of Russia and adopting a law on the responsibility of the authorities to the people to ensure the amendment. The founder, theorist and leader of the AVN was the publicist Yury Mukhin. One of the leaders of the AVN was a former member of the Politburo of the CPSU Oleg Shenin.
AVN representatives were delegates to the National Assembly of the Russian Federation.
Print organ — the newspaper "Duel" (banned), since 2009 - "To the barrier!" (banned), since 2010 - "In their own names".
On October 19, 2010, the Moscow City Court recognized the activities of the People's Will Army as extremist and prohibited its further activities on the territory of Russia. After the AVN was recognized as an extremist organization, some of its members ceased their activities, and some moved to the Initiative Group for Conducting a Referendum “For Responsible Power”, previously created by the Interregional Public Movement “FOR RESPONSIBLE POWER”.