Movement in Support of the Army
The Movement in Support of the Army, Defense Industry and Military Science (Russian: Движение в поддержку армии, оборонной промышленности и военной науки), or simply Movement in Support of the Army (Russian: Движение в поддержку армии, romanized: Dvizheniye v podderzhku armii, DPA) is a Russian radical nationalist political movement established in 1997. The group was founded by Lev Rokhlin, who was killed in July 1998, and then run by Viktor Ilyukhin and Albert Makashov. As one commentator noted, "By December 1999, the DPA was little more than a mouthpiece for its two leaders' rabid anti-Semitism and it scored close to nil in the elections."
Movement in Support of the Army Движение в поддержку армии | |
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| Abbreviation | DPA |
| Leader | Viktor Sobolev |
| Founder | Lev Rokhlin |
| Founded | 8 July 1997 |
| Split from | Our Home – Russia |
| Headquarters | Moscow |
| Paramilitary wing | classified |
| Ideology | Stratocracy Russian ultranationalism Antisemitism Soviet patriotism |
| Political position | Syncretic |
| National affiliation | National Patriotic Forces of Russia |
| Colours | Red |
| Slogan | "Glory to Soviet Army!" (Russian: "Советской армии слава!") |
| State Duma | 1 / 450 |
| Party flag | |
| Website | |
| viktor-iluhin.ru/dpa | |
In 1999, the group announced a "green and red" alliance with Geydar Dzhemal's Islamic Committee of Russia.