It was formed after the Gothenburg riots in 2001 and had connections to the Swedish AFA but was different in that it was a strict organization and not a network.[3] The organisation's strategy and tactics were inspired by the British Anti-Fascist Action movement.[4] In 2014 Almgren was sentenced to five years in prison for stabbing a neo-Nazi in the back during the violent December 2013 Stockholm riots.[5] [6] In September 2015 the organisation dissolved.[7][8] During its active years the RF committed several attacks against far-right politicians and Neo-Nazis. They often filmed these actions as part of their propaganda and tactics to scare other Nazis. They broke into houses, destroying property, put axes in doors and threw smoke-bombs into apartments among other things.[citation needed]