The “People’s Communist Movement” has been added to the list of “terrorists and extremists.”

RIA Novosti has reported that the “People’s Communist Movement” has been added to Rosfinmonitoring’s list of “terrorists and extremists.”

Earlier, the movement appeared on the list of organisations recognised as terrorist on the FSB website. According to the site, in April 2025, the Southern District Military Court declared the “People’s Communist Movement” a terrorist organisation. This ruling came into force in May.

In early June, the pro-government TV channel REN TV published a story claiming that the “People’s Communist Movement” was established in 2023 and worked for Ukrainian intelligence.

“The founders of this ‘left-wing’ radical movement come from Moscow families that are quite well-off. Moreover, the parents of the organisers hold senior positions at major organisations and universities,” the channel stated.

The report also claimed that a member of the movement planned to set fire to the Azov administration (Azov is a small city in southern Russia) in 2023 using petrol bombs, but was detained, and in 2025 was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime penal colony.

This probably refers to the case of 22-year-old Yevgeny Ivanov from Crimea, who this spring was sentenced to 13 years in prison for attempted terrorist attack (Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code with application of Part 3 of Article 30), manufacturing explosives (Part 3 of Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code with application of Part 3 of Article 30), and participation in a terrorist organisation (Part 2 of Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code). His father said Ivanov was initially being investigated together with alleged accomplices.

“He cooperated with the investigation, fully acknowledged his guilt, and signed a confession. He’s just a boy, an inexperienced and naïve kid, very impressionable and easily led. Someone got to know him, made a proposal, and he agreed,” the convicted man’s father said. He added that police found messages on his son’s phone with Ukrainian contacts who had promised a reward for the arson.