Its organizational logo was a stylized swastika and the group's initials, "SS" in Russian, are the same as those used by the German Schutzstaffel during World War II.

[13] The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation listed the Slavic Union as one of the "most active extremist associations" in Russia in 2009, along with organisations such as: "National Socialist Society", "Movement Against Illegal Immigration", "Northern Brotherhood.

[15][16] Slavic Union was banned by the Moscow City Court on 27 April 2010 following charges by prosecutors that the group promotes national socialism with "ideas similar to the ideology of Nazi Germany".

Datsik had shortly before escaped from a mental institution near Saint Petersburg and was believed to have reached Norway on board an arms-trafficking vessel.

[1][2][5] When the organisation was created in 1999, Russia had a very high immigration rate, which was reflected in the xenophobic rhetoric of the Slavic Union.

The organisation blamed refugees and foreign migrant workers, as well as minorities such as the Jews and the LGBT community, for the supposed decline of Russia as well as the "Slavic world" itself.

Zeev Sternhell classified the organisation's rooted as anti-Enlightenment, perceiving "democracy and pleas for equality…[as] an attack on the natural order".