The court imposed a suspended sentence on a Dagestani woman who considers herself a “citizen of the USSR”

On April 12, the Kirov District Court of Makhachkala sentenced Tatyana Fomina, who considers herself a “citizen of the USSR,” to three years of probation. RIA “Dagestan” reports this with reference to the FSB, the case file is on the court’s website.

reports there Fomina was found guilty under articles on organizing and participating in the activities of an extremist organization (Parts 1 and 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

According to investigators, the woman participated in the Interregional Public Association “Union of Slavic Forces of Rus'” (MOO “USSR”) and involved citizens of Dagestan, including employees of the Russian Guard, in the activities of the organization.

In addition, Fomina participated in the activities of the executive committee of the “Makhachkala City Council of People’s Deputies of the Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic within the RSFSR/USSR” and organized the activities of this organization. The case against Fomina and another “USSR citizen” Zainulla Abdullaev went to court at the end of February.

reported on March 12, 2022, “citizens of the USSR” gathered in the office of the “Makhachkala Executive Committee of the DASSR” and the “Trade Union of the DASSR.” Later, Investigative Committee officers arrived at the office, took everyone’s phones, seized equipment from the office and took it to the police department. Searches were carried out at Fomina's house and at Abdulaev's work. Four people, including Fomina and Abdullaev, were detained - initially they were charged with calls for extremism (Article 280 of the Criminal Code)

burst in - “Citizens of the USSR” - a movement uniting fighters for the restoration of the rights of citizens of the USSR. Followers of the organization believe that the Union continues to exist, and the Russian Federation is a “trading company.” Some of the participants in “Citizens of the USSR” refuse any ties with Russia as a state, for example, they do not sign any documents and notify local authorities of the need to vacate their posts. - In the summer of 2019, the Supreme Court of the Komi Republic recognized the organization “Union of Slavic Forces of Rus'” - the USSR - as extremist. He considered that the activities of this association are aimed at forcibly changing the foundations of the constitutional system and violating the integrity of the Russian Federation. The FSB, in turn, allegedly discovered branches of this organization in 30 regions of the country. According to the law enforcement agency, 150 thousand people were members of the “Union of Slavic Forces of Rus'” in 2018.