The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has declared the “International Social Movement 'AllatRa'” extremist.

Today, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, following a request from the Prosecutor General of Russia, declared the “International Social Movement ‘AllatRa’” an extremist organisation. This was reported on the website of the Prosecutor General’s Office.

The agency recognised AllatRa’s activities as “undesirable” in August 2023. According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, despite this, the movement’s activists “continue to engage in unlawful acts” and are “attempting to carry out extremist activities” in Russia.

According to the agency, at present criminal cases for involvement in an “undesirable” organisation (Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code) have been opened against more than 20 Russians. Some have already been convicted. Others involved in the organisation have been subjected to administrative penalties for “inciting hatred or enmity” (Article 20.3.1 of the Administrative Offences Code).

The Prosecutor General’s Office states that these circumstances formed the basis for filing the claim in the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. The court fully granted the Prosecutor General’s lawsuit.

• The AllatRa movement was founded in Ukraine in 2011. It represents a mix of religious cults, conspiracy theories, philosophical and esoteric beliefs. In 2021, the analytical outlet VoxUkraine linked the movement to Russian propaganda and described it as a “conspiracy religion aimed at spreading the ‘Russian world’ to everyone who can read Russian.”