The FSB detained members of the extremist organization “Citizens of the USSR” banned in the Russian Federation in the Nizhny Novgorod region. DEA Newswith reference to the UFSB press service of the region.
“Members of the extremist organization are active supporters of ideas about the illegitimacy of the current constitutional order of the Russian Federation and the need to “re-establish the state of the USSR”, the report said.
He added that a criminal case was opened on the grounds that the power structure organized the activities of an extremist organization (Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
The FSB announced that searches were carried out in the places of registration and residence of the defendants in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Dzerzhinsk, Arzamas, Ardatov, Shakhunya and Bor, during which documents, seals, symbols, printed materials were seized. Their participation in the organization “Citizens of the USSR”.
District police said three active members of the banned organization were being questioned as suspects.
Law enforcement in the Samara region in February arrested The leader of the extremist organization “Citizens of the USSR” is banned in Russia.
On June 16, 2022, the activities of the Citizens of the USSR organization were recognized as extremist and banned throughout Russia by the Samara District Court.