The court in Nizhny Novgorod approved the decision to liquidate the All-Tatar Public Center

The Fourth Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction in Nizhny Novgorod approved the decision to liquidate the All-Tatar Public Center (VTOC). “Idel.Realities” is about this.

The Supreme Court of Tatarstan reported on June 10 to liquidate the organization due to the fact that it considered it extremist. Previously, the prosecutor's office filed such a claim. The publication notes that the Supreme Court demanded the immediate execution of its decision “regarding the termination of the activities of this public association.”

decided on In October 2021, the Ministry of Justice the activities of the center - allegedly due to its implementation of extremist activities. VTOC in inciting hatred or enmity (Article 20.3.1 of the Administrative Code) towards Russians, as a result the center for 250 thousand rubles.

suspended charged fined The reason for drawing up the protocol was the memorial event that took place in Kazan on October 15, 2021. At the event, they remembered the victims of the capture of the city by the troops of Ivan the Terrible in 1552 and read out an appeal from the VTOC, where they criticized the amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation adopted in 2020. Thus, in the new version of the law, Russians received the status of a “state-forming people” - the parliament of Tatarstan approved these amendments.

The organization demanded that the State Council of the Republic adopt a law “stating that the Tatar people formed a state - the Republic of Tatarstan, that they are not a colonial, but a state-forming people,” in Kommersant.

note - the All-Tatar Public Center is a large nationalist organization in Tatarstan. For a long time, representatives of the center sought independence for the republic, and recently activists of the organization have mainly advocated for the protection of the Tatar language and national culture.