All of them were members of the congregation of St. Nicholas in Pyzhi, whose archpriest, Alexander Shargunov, is a well-known radical fundamentalist. In 1997, he established a movement called the Social Committee For the Moral Revival of the Fatherland.
破坏者背后有着强大的保护伞。他们都是Pyzhi圣尼古拉教会的成员，该教大祭司，Alexander Shargunov就是著名的极端原教旨主义者。1997年，他创办了"祖国道德重生社会委员会"。2001年，委员会网站登载了如何泼洒颜料，毁坏那些"有伤风化"的广告牌。莫斯科的150座广告牌立即遭到追随者的破坏。