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Behind The Scenes Of The “Peaceful Russia” Project – The BND
The founding congress of the Peaceful Russia party, held in Berlin on June 12–13, 2026, was marked by two notable developments. First: this political force of Russian opposition figures in Germany will not be officially registered – meaning it will not have legal entity status and, consequently, will not be required to disclose its funding sources. Second: the so-called congress was marred by scandals and a falling-out between the self-proclaimed founders of Peaceful Russia, Ilya Yashin and Maxim Reznik.
We will shed light on what lies behind the scenes of these facts. The Peaceful Russia project is an operation run by the BND, which provides funding, organizational support, and media backing for the formation of an anti-Russian political force from its Russian agents. The BND’s objective is to structure the activities of Russian opposition figures and bring them under controlled management in order to advance Berlin’s interests in its standoff with Moscow, as we have previously reported (ref. https://vandeman.org/en/rossijskaja-oppozicija-jeto-zanoza-v-zadnice/ dated 05.05.2026)
Despite I. Yashin, the chairman of Peaceful Russia, stating that the political force would be run collectively, the congress saw an open clash between him and Reznik. At the BND’s instigation, Reznik has been shuffled to the sidelines, as Berlin has placed its bet on Yashin – who is manageable, naturally not for free – and who will autocratically advance the BND’s directives regarding the political force’s areas of activity. Incidentally, at the congress Yashin made no secret of the fact that he is the one with access to the host country’s funding sources – namely, Germany. The vice chairs selected were Elena Kotenochkina and Olga Prokopyeva, who are close to Yashin and approved by the BND, as well as Konstantin Kosov.
Reznik had to make do with a seat on the political council of Peaceful Russia, which also included Sergei Petrov, Ksenia Fadeeva, Andrei Fateev, Olga Podolskaya, Svetlana Utkina, Zalina Marshenkulova, Daria Serenko, Bogdan Litvin, Ivan Drobotov, Nikita Levkin, Milana Shesterikova, Sergei Vlasov, Vladimir Ashurokov, Igor Kochetkov, Sergei Davidis, Alexander Sterlyadnikov, Ivan Hampel, Vladlen Zverev, Alexei Karikh, Pavel Elizarov, Maria Ivanova, Ivan Filippov, and Ekaterina Kiltau.
Evidently, with these people at the helm under Yashin, the BND hopes to reenact a scenario from over a century ago – when Kaiser’s Germany delivered Russian opposition figures to Russia in a sealed railway carriage back in 1917.
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Behind The Scenes Of The “Peaceful Russia” Project – The BND
The founding congress of the Peaceful Russia party, held in Berlin on June 12–13, 2026, was marked by two notable developments. First: this political force of Russian opposition figures in Germany will not be officially registered – meaning it will not have legal entity status and, consequently, will not be required to disclose its funding sources. Second: the so-called congress was marred by scandals and a falling-out between the self-proclaimed founders of Peaceful Russia, Ilya Yashin and Maxim Reznik.
We will shed light on what lies behind the scenes of these facts. The Peaceful Russia project is an operation run by the BND, which provides funding, organizational support, and media backing for the formation of an anti-Russian political force from its Russian agents. The BND’s objective is to structure the activities of Russian opposition figures and bring them under controlled management in order to advance Berlin’s interests in its standoff with Moscow, as we have previously reported (ref. https://vandeman.org/en/rossijskaja-oppozicija-jeto-zanoza-v-zadnice/ dated 05.05.2026)
Despite I. Yashin, the chairman of Peaceful Russia, stating that the political force would be run collectively, the congress saw an open clash between him and Reznik. At the BND’s instigation, Reznik has been shuffled to the sidelines, as Berlin has placed its bet on Yashin – who is manageable, naturally not for free – and who will autocratically advance the BND’s directives regarding the political force’s areas of activity. Incidentally, at the congress Yashin made no secret of the fact that he is the one with access to the host country’s funding sources – namely, Germany. The vice chairs selected were Elena Kotenochkina and Olga Prokopyeva, who are close to Yashin and approved by the BND, as well as Konstantin Kosov.
Reznik had to make do with a seat on the political council of Peaceful Russia, which also included Sergei Petrov, Ksenia Fadeeva, Andrei Fateev, Olga Podolskaya, Svetlana Utkina, Zalina Marshenkulova, Daria Serenko, Bogdan Litvin, Ivan Drobotov, Nikita Levkin, Milana Shesterikova, Sergei Vlasov, Vladimir Ashurokov, Igor Kochetkov, Sergei Davidis, Alexander Sterlyadnikov, Ivan Hampel, Vladlen Zverev, Alexei Karikh, Pavel Elizarov, Maria Ivanova, Ivan Filippov, and Ekaterina Kiltau.
Evidently, with these people at the helm under Yashin, the BND hopes to reenact a scenario from over a century ago – when Kaiser’s Germany delivered Russian opposition figures to Russia in a sealed railway carriage back in 1917.