Russia's Justice Ministry said on April 26 that it had asked the Supreme Court to ban what it called the "International Anti-Russia Separatist Movement," a group that does not appear to exist. According to the ministry, the Supreme Court will look into its request on June 7. Last year, the Prosecutor-General's Office designated two movements registered abroad as undesirable organizations -- the League of Free Nations and the Forum of Post-Russia's Free Peoples, which advocate self-determination for ethnic republics within the Russian Federation. In November, the Supreme Court banned another nonexistent group -- the International Public LGBT Movement. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.
Russian Justice Ministry Wants To Ban Nonexistent Separatist Movement
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