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Line 41: On 30 November 2022, the registry department of the [[Tartu County]] Court did not register the movement as a political party, as the total number of its members was below the required minimum – at least 500 members.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Eesti putinistide erakonda ei registeeritud ja riigikogu valimistel nad osaleda ei tohi \|url=https://ekspress.delfi.ee/a/120109138 \|access-date=2023-02-28 \|website=Eesti Ekspress \|language=et}}</ref> Therefore, the movement decided to participate in the 2023 elections as part of the [[Estonian United Left Party]]. In January 2023 the movement held a prayer service “for peace” with the [[Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate]].<ref name="Reshetnikov86415072142">{{cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/18/russia-ukraine-war-live-black-sea-grain-exports-approaching-pre-war-levels?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with:block-65a90bd58f086ac415072142#block-65a90bd58f086ac415072142\|tittle=Estonia banishes Russian Orthodox leader as ‘security risk’\|date=18 January 2024\|access-date=18 January 2024\|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> Together was legally registered as a political party on 8 May 2023.<ref>[https://www.err.ee/1608971170/tartu-maakohus-registreeris-erakonna-koos ERR Uudised. ''Tartu maakohus registreeris erakonna Koos.''] Retrieved 10 May 2023</ref> Line 46 ⟶ 48: In March 2023, party leader Aivo Peterson was detained by Estonian border police upon his return from Russia, where he had gone after traveling to the [[Ukrainian occupied territories]] to film videos in support of the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]. Peterson and two other people were charged under Section 235(1) of the Estonian Penal Code, which prohibits associations from pursuing relationships considered harmful to the Estonian state.<ref name="Aivo">[https://news.err.ee/1608943673/court-rejects-aivo-peterson-custody-appealErakonna Court rejects Aivo Peterson custody appeal]</ref> Oleg Ivanov himself left Estonia for Russia by 19 May, claiming he did so because he could be arrested by Estonian police in the same way as Aivo Peterson, and that it would be difficult to lead the party and run in the elections from prison.<ref name="Oleg">[https://www.err.ee/1608983237/erakonna-koos-juht-ivanov-lahkus-venemaale-ja-juhib-erakonda-sealt Erakonna Koos juht Ivanov lahkus Venemaale ja juhib erakonda sealt] ERR, 19. mai 2023</ref> On 22 May 2023, daily [[Õhtuleht]] revealed that the party might have no members at all due to potentially having registered the members in a legally incorrect way.<ref name="zero" /> In July 2023, daily Eesti Ekspress published an article confirming that the party's new leader is Julia Smoli due to Aivo Peterson being detained and Oleg Ivanov being in Russia.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Parteijuht Julia Smoli, kurikuulsa Aivo Petersoni ja Oleg Ivanovi asendaja \|url=https://ekspress.delfi.ee/artikkel/120213626/parteijuht-julia-smoli-kurikuulsa-aivo-petersoni-ja-oleg-ivanovi-asendaja \|access-date=2023-10-12 \|website=Eesti Ekspress \|language=et}}</ref> On 7 September 2023, the State Prosecutor's Office charged Aivo Peterson with treason.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=ERR \|date=2023-09-07 \|title=Aivo Peterson sai süüdistuse riigireetmises \|url=https://www.err.ee/1609092509/aivo-peterson-sai-suudistuse-riigireetmises \|access-date=2023-09-11 \|website=ERR \|language=et}}</ref><ref name="Reshetnikov86415072142"/> == Political programme ==