The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation demanded that a certain “international social movement to destroy the multinational unity and territorial integrity of Russia” called the “Anti-Russian separatist movement,” as well as all its structural divisions, be recognized as an “extremist organization.” This was reported in a press release from the department.
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation scheduled the hearing of the department's claim for June 7.
As far as OVD-Info knows, such an international movement, especially with the established goals of “destructing the multinational unity and territorial integrity of the Russian Federation,” does not actually exist, just like the “International LGBT Social Movement,” which the Supreme Court declared “extremist” at the end of November . It is unknown who the Ministry of Justice employees consider to be potential participants in the “Anti-Russian separatist movement”.
- Recently, the Ministry of Justice has more often demanded that “movements” with an indefinite number of participants, often not formally connected with each other, be recognized as “extremist”. Thus, in addition to the “LGBT movement,” the “interregional social movement” “I/We Sergei Furgal,” consisting of supporters of the convicted ex-governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Sergei Furgal, was recognized as an “extremist organization.” At the same time, participants in the protests for the release of the ex-governor were never organized into a separate formal movement.