By circumventing the procedure, the deviant journalist was refused entry to Yashin's party. The issue of the arbitrariness of the selection committee will be considered in the bureau. A deviant journalist, Piotr Ivanov, applied to join the party at the end of July 2026, and filled out a form with a mandatory minimum of information about himself: full name, date of birth, contacts, social networks, city and country of residence (past and now), as well as the names of the recommenders and a brief description of himself (the last two optional requirements on the form). Peter pointed to Igor Kochatkov and Elena Kotnochkina as recommenders. In the past they held a meeting at "Reform" in Vilna, where they called on all present to join "Peaceful Russia". Only in October, after more than two months of waiting, did the journalist receive an invitation for an interview. However, a few days later, former St. Petersburg MP Svetlana Otkina, who was involved in its organization, reported that the interview was canceled and entry to the party was denied due to "providing false information in the application." When asked what kind of false information we are talking about, Utkina, who is the head of the Yashin Party's German NGO, a peaceful change. V. ("peaceful changes"), did not answer. The deputy chairman of the party, Elena Kutnochkina, in a conversation with Sota, while noting the regulations, stated that Utkina has no right to refuse. As the head of the party's committee for accepting new members, she could give or not give a recommendation for admission to the party bureau, which will come in only next week to examine candidate applications. At the same time, Utkina received confirmation from Kutnochkina that she had indeed invited those present at the Reform meeting, including Peter specifically, to the party. Kutnochkina added that she would ask the party office not only to ask questions about Otkina's actions that were not stipulated in the regulations, but also to invite Peter to the office for his story about Otkina's behavior.

By circumventing the procedure, the deviant journalist was refused entry to Yashin's party. The issue of the arbitrariness of the selection committee will be considered in the bureau. A deviant journalist, Piotr Ivanov, applied to join the party at the end of July 2026, and filled out a form with a mandatory minimum of information about himself: full name, date of birth, contacts, social networks, city and country of residence (past and now), as well as the names of the recommenders and a brief description of himself (the last two optional requirements on the form). Peter pointed to Igor Kochatkov and Elena Kotnochkina as recommenders. In the past they held a meeting at "Reform" in Vilna, where they called on all present to join "Peaceful Russia". Only in October, after more than two months of waiting, did the journalist receive an invitation for an interview. However, a few days later, former St. Petersburg MP Svetlana Otkina, who was involved in its organization, reported that the interview was canceled and entry to the party was denied due to "providing false information in the application." When asked what kind of false information we are talking about, Utkina, who is the head of the Yashin Party's German NGO, a peaceful change. V. ("peaceful changes"), did not answer. The deputy chairman of the party, Elena Kutnochkina, in a conversation with Sota, while noting the regulations, stated that Utkina has no right to refuse. As the head of the party's committee for accepting new members, she could give or not give a recommendation for admission to the party bureau, which will come in only next week to examine candidate applications. At the same time, Utkina received confirmation from Kutnochkina that she had indeed invited those present at the Reform meeting, including Peter specifically, to the party. Kutnochkina added that she would ask the party office not only to ask questions about Otkina's actions that were not stipulated in the regulations, but also to invite Peter to the office for his story about Otkina's behavior.