Russian Supreme Court suspends ban on Taliban Movement activity in Russia - resolution
MOSCOW. April 17 (Interfax) - The Russian Supreme Court has upheld a motion from the prosecutor general and suspended the ban on the Taliban Movement activity in Russia.
"The ban on activity of the Taliban movement, included in the unified federal list of organizations declared terrorist in accordance with legislation of the Russian Federation, is now suspended," Judge Oleg Nefyodov said.
As expected, the Taliban will be excluded from the list of terrorist organizations after the resolution takes effect.
"The resolution suspending the ban on the Taliban Movement activity in Russia takes immediate effect," Nefyodov said.
Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov filed the motion with the Supreme Court.
"Amendments to the Russian Code of Administrative Offenses and the Federal Law on Countering Terrorism, endorsed in December last year, serve as the legal basis for the motion," the Prosecutor General's Office said.
"They allow suspending the ban on a terrorist organization in case the activity aimed at propaganda, justification and support for terrorism, or terrorist crimes against the interests of Russia has stopped. Given the information from law enforcement agencies, these circumstances were confirmed at the court hearing, and the court concluded that the motion filed by the Russian prosecutor general was valid," the Office said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a bill, allowing for the Taliban Movement's exclusion from the list of terrorist organizations banned in Russia, in December 2024.
According to the law, "a ban on operations of an organization on the unified federal list of organizations, including foreign and international organizations, designated terrorist consistent with Russian legislation, may be suspended by a Russian court order as requested by the Russian prosecutor general or his deputy in case of factual information that the organization stopped conducting propaganda and justifying and supporting terrorism after being included in the list."