attended a RNU conference in Moscow. In 1998, Moscow's mayor Yuri Luzhkov, with the support of higher government officials, prohibited the second RNU regional conference from being held in Moscow. At the peak of its popularity in 1999, RNU was estimated to have 20,000–25,000 active members all over Russia by state officials. The group was banned in Moscow in 1999 and Barkashov lost the control of the group by 2000 after which the group was defunct. After the ban on the group, members of RNU were often jailed and the organisation was split into a number of other groups. The members of these new groups, namely Alexander Barkashov, Russian Orthodox Army, and others have since have engaged in religious activities and pro-Russian activism in Donbas conflict. They also support the Russian invasion of Ukraine and expressed their readiness to fight against Ukraine. See also Anti-Armenian sentiment Antisemitism in the Soviet Union Collaboration in German-occupied Soviet Union Racism in Russia Russian Imperial Movement Russian Liberation Army Russian National Unity (2000) References Further reading </ref> External links Official website Cache thrown after wipe the page (in Russian) RNE center The Reemergence of Political Anti-Semitism in Russia: A Call for Action Russian National Unity (in Russian) 1990 establishments in Russia Anti-communism in Russia Anti-immigration politics in Russia Eastern Orthodoxy and far-right politics Neo-Nazism in Russia Neo-Nazi organizations Pan-Slavism Russian fascism Third Position 2000 disestablishments in Russia