[2] Rouvikonas is based in the central Athenian district of Exarcheia, a neighborhood traditionally accommodating of artists, anarchists and anti-authoritarians.

[2][4] Rouvikonas has at times effectively acted as a vigilante group, targeting employers and individuals accused of exploitative behavior, such as unfairly withholding wages, accepting bribes, sexual harassment, and unjust firings.

[5] Rouvikonas' actions have also included organizing of free common meals[6][7] and the operation of a volunteer mobile firefighting brigade.

[2] Its mode of action and open membership is in contrast with previous anarchist groups that operated by use of indiscriminate violence.

[9] On the 18th of May 2024 a leading member of the group was arrested (Giorgos Kalaitzidis) and charged with threatening to incite criminal activity through social media, on which he posted: "All embassies and all houses of ambassadors will be targets; all touristic areas will become places of operation".