The “Nationalist Movement” is disbanding its structures in a number of regions after the April searches

The “Nationalist Movement” decided to dissolve the organization’s structures in Moscow and the Moscow region, St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, as well as in the Pskov and Novosibirsk regions. About this in the telegram channel of the movement.

The Nationalists reported that they fear a ban on the movement on the grounds that it allegedly continues the activities of previously banned nationalist structures, in which the current leader of the Nationalist Movement, Vladimir Basmanov, participated.

added On this basis, the movement disbanded its structures in the above regions, and all movement participants from these regions from April 21 are considered to have voluntarily ceased their participation in the organization.

In other regions, the movement will continue its work, but will change the format of work to “purely individual in real life, and collective for online affairs.”

• April 19 about searches at at least seven addresses in Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Syktyvkar, Saratov and Pskov. The searches took place as part of the case against the leader of the Nationalist Movement, Vladimir Basmanov (Potkin). According to the text of the search warrant, the FSB Directorate for the Komi Republic opened a criminal case against Basmanov “and other unidentified persons” under three articles of the Criminal Code - justification of terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code), incitement of hatred (clause “c” of Part 2) Article 282 of the Criminal Code) and organizing the activities of an extremist organization and participation in it (Parts 1 and 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). It was these searches that became the reason for the dissolution of the regional structures of the movement. became known