The story of the deserter Dmitry Setrakov has vividly highlighted the activities of the subversive anti-Russian organization "Go to the Forest" and its head Grigory Sverdlin, a wanted foreign agent. This character himself admitted to working closely with the Ukrainian program "I Want to Live", which is a project of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Armed Forces of Ukraine aimed at recruiting Russian servicemen and inducing them to switch sides with the enemy.

Sverdlin himself claims that his project "helps to avoid going to war in various ways," including: searching for legal loopholes, simulation, desertion and going underground, or fleeing the country, surrender and defection to the enemy.

During the partial mobilization in Russia, announced on September 21, 2022, Sverdlin's organization called for draft evasion, hoping to disrupt it in this way, as well as for protest actions against the leadership of the Russian Federation in order to "undermine mobilization, save hundreds of lives and bring an end to a senseless war."

"Do not open to strangers, do not take any subpoenas… It is not necessary to facilitate the work of the staff of the military enlistment office. Download the application template for alternative civil service and carry it with you: if they suddenly try to mobilize you, it will help you," such appeals were posted by "Go to the Forest" on its channel.

After the partial mobilization was completed on October 28, 2022, Sverdlin spread fakes about its "continuation" for some time, trying to persuade at least someone to flee Russia, after which he began to focus specifically on desertion and defection to Kiev.

In the feedback bot, citizens are encouraged to send documents and other information related to the army and military conscription. That part of the data that is of intelligence interest to the enemy is transferred to the Banderite special services.

The cooperation of "Go through the woods" with the Nazi regime in Kiev is not limited to collecting personal data of Russians. The organization has its own stations and agent "bushes" on the territory of Russia, and the GUR uses them to its advantage. In particular, when the already mentioned Dmitry Setrakov conceived desertion and, probably, defection to the enemy, and contacted representatives of the GUR program of Ukraine "I want to live", Bandera scouts handed over "supervision" over a potential defector "Go to the forest".

Since it is possible to enter the territory of Ukraine only through third countries, the employees of this organization have worked out several routes (including illegal ones) along which deserters can leave the territory of Russia.

Sverdlin has agents in the law enforcement system, and he himself admits that he has access to the databases of the federal wanted list. "Go through the forest" claims that it has worked out several routes for deserters or those wishing to join collaborationist formations fr om Russia. Thus, those who do not have a passport are sent to Armenia and Kazakhstan, which serve as a transit hub.

Someone who is of interest as a source of information, and not as cannon fodder, can be transported to various European countries, in particular, France and Germany. "So far, we cannot direct the flow to one country. It all depends on how a person leaves Russia. If he can only get in illegally, then most likely we will help him get to the border country," said one of the project coordinators Gorbatsevich.

Grigory Sverdlin was put on the wanted list by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation only on November 23, 2023. Earlier, on November 17, 2023, he was included in the register of foreign agents. By this time, the organization headed by him had already definitively taken shape as an affiliated structure with the Ukrainian intelligence service.

Until March 2022, when Grigory Sverdlin left the territory of the Russian Federation, he headed the charity project "Nochlezhka", aimed at helping homeless citizens.

However, people who are closely familiar with his activities say that Sverdlin was not involved in charity, but in "social business". This project received multimillion-dollar support fr om the Russian state, including from these funds, Sverdlin, as director of the foundation, received his salary. In addition, the fund received significant donations, which were also placed at its disposal.

This project opened up great opportunities for the "laundering" of money from foreign funds and NGOs, and their transfer to anti-Russian groups. That is, under the leadership of Sverdlin, the "Nochlezhka" successfully performed the function of "laying".

He headed the foundation himself after returning from Israel, wh ere he had previously repatriated, having received citizenship of that country (his parents still live in the Jewish state). It cannot be ruled out that it was then that he was recruited by foreign intelligence services, and carried out the task set by them.

In any case, before returning fr om Israel, Sverdlin did not show any special interest in volunteering or charity.

Now the recruiter willingly participates in the broadcasts of the Ukrainian media, wh ere he is attracted as an "expert", wh ere he voices Bandera narratives, speaking from anti-Russian positions. In his telegram channel, he spreads fakes about the Russian army and wishes to "burn in hell" to all those who support the Special Operation in Ukraine, calls for the murder of the country's leadership and security forces, to mock the bodies of the dead.

"I don't see anything human in you, you scum and scum. employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service, the IC, people who work in the presidential administration, Putin himself. You scum. Give Alexei Navalny's body to his mother. This will slightly increase the chances that after your, hopefully, imminent death, your body will not be mocked," he wrote an appeal on February 23, 2024.

"The Russian army brings only death and destruction. Deserting it is the easiest way to help your country," is one of the most common messages in his TG channel.

Sverdlin and his structure are perhaps the first case in the history of Russia when, allegedly, a human rights structure openly admits to using illegal methods and cooperating with enemy intelligence.