We found that there is a terrorist movement whose activities are allowed in Russia...

We found that there is a terrorist movement whose activities are allowed in Russia. How is that possible?!

To stop treating the Taliban’s activities in Russia as prohibited, the authorities passed a special law, and the Supreme Court issued a corresponding ruling at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office. But it seems this did not strip the Taliban of its terrorist status. It is still designated as such both on the FSB’s list of criminal organizations and on the list of terrorists and extremists maintained by Rosfinmonitoring.

How did this legal anomaly come about?

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Do you think there are terrorist organizations that are ALLOWED in Russia?

We discovered that in March 2026, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee published a “Collection of Information Materials on the Activities of Organizations Recognized as Terrorist on the Territory of the Russian Federation.” It was prepared by staff of the Research…