Editing AllatRa (section)

== History ==
Around 2003, the book ''Sensei. The Original of Shambhala'' was published under the pseudonym Anastasia Novykh, with Galina Yablochkina considered to be the actual author.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last1=Kornienko |first1=Yanina |last2=Mikula |first2=Vitaliy |last3=Yushchenko |first3=Igor |last4=Nabozhnyak |first4=Oleksiy |date=December 6, 2023 |title=Unravelling AllatRa's Operations: Use of Offshore Companies in Cyprus, Connections to Russia |url=https://www.slidstvo.info/english-stories/unravelling-allatra-s-operations-use-of-offshore-companies-in-cyprus-connections-to-russia/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251128140009/https://www.slidstvo.info/english-stories/unravelling-allatra-s-operations-use-of-offshore-companies-in-cyprus-connections-to-russia/ |archive-date=November 28, 2025 |access-date= |website=Slidstvo.info |language=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Anastasiy Novih, 'Sensey' |url=http://www.schambala.com.ua/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021106021126/http://www.schambala.com.ua/ |archive-date=2002-11-06 |access-date=2026-01-15 |website=schambala.com.ua |language=ru}}</ref> Some sources identify Igor Danilov, Yablochkina's colleague, as the protagonist Rigden (in the writings of [[Helena Blavatsky]] and [[Nicholas Roerich]], Rigden Jappo is the ruler of [[Shambhala]], a mythical country in [[Tibet]]), who is described as a prophet and claimed to have divine qualities.<ref name=":1" /> In the following years, a number of similar books were published under the name Anastasia Novykh.<ref name=":1" /> The books claimed that Danilov could fly, talk with god and [[Resurrection|resurrect]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 3, 2023 |title=«Я бы начал е*ашить, бл*дь, по Западной». Чем известна секта Аллатра, в которую якобы входили Баканов и Кулинич, и что о ней сообщила СБУ |url=https://nv.ua/ukraine/events/sekta-allatra-kto-takie-byli-tam-bakanov-i-kulinich-ili-net-i-chto-nashla-sbu-novosti-ukrainy-50365264.html |access-date= |website=[[The New Voice of Ukraine]] |language=ru}}</ref>

In 2012, the [[trademark]] AllatRa was registered.<ref name=":1" /> On 15 July 2014,<ref name=":6" /> the organization was officially founded as the ALLATRA International Public Movement by Lagoda, a personal development center, and AllatRa LLC, a publishing house founded by Galina Yablochkina.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-01-16 |title=37633996 — ТОВ АЛЛАТРА |url=https://opendatabot.ua/c/37633996 |access-date=2026-01-16 |website=opendatabot.ua |language=uk}}</ref> The main purpose of AllatRa during its early years was to promote books authored by Yablochkina. Her works claimed to provide readers with "exclusive information about self-knowledge and secrets hidden from society".<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":2" />

The organization started creating branches in other countries and registering accounts on [[social media]] to promote its ideology. Members of AllatRa, who claimed to be [[health professional]]s, promoted the organization in schools and hospitals. AllatRa and its associates are present in various countries: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Czechia, the United Kingdom, Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Canada and the United States. In 2020, AllatRa reportedly spread to Belize and to Cyprus in 2021.<ref name=":1" /> AllatRa owns several websites for promotion and [[TV stations]], such as Allatra TV.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Griva |first=O.A. |date=October 18, 2019 |title=О НЕЗАКОННОЙ МИССИОНЕРСКОЙ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ НОВЫХ РЕЛИГИОЗНЫХ ДВИЖЕНИЙ (НА ПРИМЕРЕ МОД «АЛЛАТРА») |url=http://religosoc.cfuv.ru/pdf/materialy2019.pdf |website=[[Crimean Federal University]] |pages=38–46}}</ref>

In 2017, the main office of AllatRa was relocated from [[Kyiv]], Ukraine, where its headquarters had been located in 2014, to [[Atlanta]], [[United States]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Goals and Objectives of the ALLATRA International Public Movement |url=https://allatra.org/about |access-date=2026-01-16 |website=allatra.org |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":5" /> At this time, it established the associated [[501(c)(3) organization|501(c)(3)]] [[public charity]] AllatRa IPM USA Inc., with Maryna Ovtsynova serving as its president.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 August 2018 |title=Short Form Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax |url=https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/815368510_201712_990EO_2018092015711169.pdf}}</ref>

In 2019, AllatRa held an [[Online conferencing|online conference]] where it announced the foundation of Creative Society. AllatRa later held a conference in [[Prague]] during which the president of Creative Society, Olga Schmidt, said the goal of her organization is to be an "independent, non-political, and non-religious project" that focuses on the [[climate crisis]] and discusses solutions for the issue. In 2023, both Russia and Ukraine banned the organization amid conflicting criminal accusations in each country. Creative Society was banned in Russia and described by Russian court as a "front" for AllatRa's political activities.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Morozova |first=Anastasiia |date=23 October 2024 |title=Climate disinformation peddlers target the Vatican and US Congress |url=https://vsquare.org/disinformation-whitewashing-russia-allatra-creative-society/ |access-date=15 January 2026 |website=VSquare |language=en-US}}</ref>  Creative Society was registered as a charity in the US in July 2021.

Throughout its existence the organization participated in various international forums and reportedly took part in climate conferences in the [[United Nations]], including [[2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference|COP16]] and [[COP29]]. AllatRa received a [[blessing]] from [[Pope Francis]] in 2024, and its members were given [[apostolic blessing]]s in 2025 by [[Pope Leo XIV]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=August 22, 2025 |title=A legal absurdity: Why ALLATRA is prosecuted in both Moscow and Kyiv on mutually exclusive grounds |url=https://www.eureporter.co/uncategorized/2025/08/22/a-legal-absurdity-why-allatra-is-prosecuted-in-both-moscow-and-kyiv-on-mutually-exclusive-grounds/ |access-date= |website=[[EU Reporter]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> Politician and football coach [[Robby Wells]] has been associated with AllatRa and the Creative Society since 2019 and served as a spokesperson for the organizations; he ran for US president in the [[2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2020 Democratic Party primaries]] and is known for his positive views towards presidents of Russia and China.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 14, 2023 |title=Investigation: US presidential candidate with ties to AllatRa works for Russan propaganda |url=https://imi.org.ua/en/news/investigation-us-presidential-candidate-with-ties-to-allatra-works-for-russan-propaganda-i57710 |access-date= |website=[[Institute of Mass Information]] |language=en-US}}</ref> AllatRa claims to be registered as a [[lobbying group]] in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 7, 2024 |title=A global pro-Russian sect spreading disinformation has set foot in Bulgaria |url=https://bird.bg/en/allatra-bulgaria/ |access-date= |website=BIRD |language=en-US}}</ref> An AllatRa spokesperson<ref>{{Cite web|title=The pro-Russian sect wanted to tell the world about the imminent apocalypse, and also about the great leader Putin. And it did, with the leading Ukrainian media helping it. What? Yes, it hurts|url=https://babel.ua/en/texts/97747-the-pro-russian-sect-wanted-to-tell-the-world-about-the-imminent-apocalypse-and-also-about-the-great-leader-putin-and-it-did-with-the-leading-ukrainian-media-helping-it-what-yes-it-hurts|website=babel.ua|date=2023-08-28|access-date=2026-01-22|language=en|last=Rayevskyi|first=Dmytro}}</ref> named Allen Egon Cholakian serves as AllatRa's lobbyist in [[US Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lda.senate.gov/filings/public/filing/1bea5fd4-bb98-4f60-aadc-a8ee53677e81/print/|title=LD-2 Disclosure Form|date=25 November 2024}}</ref> When Cholakian registered as a [[foreign agent]] in June 2024, he said that he will focus on “lifting the religious cult designation" by Ukraine and Russia.<ref name=":2" />