In Mari El, someone has been fined for displaying “AllatRa” symbols—this is the first time since the movement was declared extremist.

In Mari El, Anatoly S., a 67-year-old man, has been fined 1,000 roubles (about US$11) for stickers bearing the “AllatRa” movement’s symbols on his car. This is the first known instance of such prosecution since the movement was declared extremist, reports the news outlet “Ostorozhno, novosti.”

The man had “AllatRa” emblems on the front and rear windows of his Nissan Qashqai. In court, Anatoly explained that he put them on his car before the movement was banned as extremist and hadn’t removed them. He saw the image—a circle with a crescent—as a protective charm, and said he did not intend to promote the movement’s symbols. He learned about “AllatRa” online around 2020.

The court found the stickers amounted to public display of extremist symbols and ordered Anatoly to pay a 1,000 rouble (about US$11) fine under Article 20.3 of the Administrative Offences Code. Anatoly pleaded guilty and expressed remorse.

“AllatRa” originated in Ukraine in the early 2010s. In August 2023, the Prosecutor General’s Office designated the movement as an “undesirable organisation.” Since then, its followers have been targeted for prosecution in Russia: for example, a criminal case was opened against a resident of Omsk, a major city in south-western Siberia.

In June 2025, the Supreme Court declared “AllatRa” an extremist organisation.