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- A court in Novosibirsk, a major city in Siberia, declared the LGBT initiative T9 NSK an extremist organisation and banned its activities. According to the court, the organisation was engaged in activities aimed at “destroying fundamental Russian spiritual and moral values.” This is already the ninth similar decision by Russian courts in the past three months.
- Voronezh activist Kirill Derevsky reported that members of the Centre for Combating Extremism (“Centre E”) beat him and used a taser on him after his detention at an urban planning meeting on 17 May. According to Derevsky, officers demanded he unlock his phone, threatened him with prison, hit him and pulled out his hair. Later, he was taken to the police station and his candidate accreditation was confiscated.
- Feminist activist Darya Serenko has been added to Rosfinmonitoring’s list of “terrorists and extremists.” In 2024, a criminal case was opened against her for allegedly failing to comply with the obligations of a “foreign agent,” and she is now wanted. It is unclear which case led to her being included on the list.
- The Ministry of Justice has added the “International Association of Russian Lawyers,” registered in France, to the list of “undesirable organisations.” The association is based in Strasbourg and is headed by Karinna Moskalenko.
- In Crimea, Russian security forces detained a 48-year-old resident of Simferopol on charges of making online calls to “destroy the Kremlin.” According to the FSB, the man posted such comments in Ukrainian groups on Telegram.
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