Movement in Support of the Army

The Movement in Support of the Army (Russian: Движение в поддержку армии, DPA) is a Russian communist and 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."^[1]

In 1999, the group announced a "green and red" alliance with Geydar Dzhemal's Islamic Committee of Russia.^[2][3]

References

1. David Betz; John Lowenhardt (8 April 2014). Army and State in Postcommunist Europe. Routledge. pp. 66–. ISBN 978-1-135-31094-3.
2. Mark Sedgwick Lecturer in History and Arabic Studies American University in Cairo (6 May 2004). Against the Modern World : Traditionalism and the Secret Intellectual History of the Twentieth Century: Traditionalism and the Secret Intellectual History of the Twentieth Century. Oxford University Press. pp. 259–. ISBN 978-0-19-974493-0.
3. Shireen Hunter (3 May 2004). Islam in Russia: The Politics of Identity and Security. M.E. Sharpe. pp. 267–. ISBN 978-0-7656-1282-3.