14:08, 9 April 2026

The Supreme Court has recognized Memorial* as an extremist organization.

The Supreme Court recognized the Memorial movement* as an extremist organization and banned its activities in Russia. A lawyer was not allowed into the hearing.

As reported by the Caucasian Knot, in June 2025, the Moscow appellate court dismissed the appeal against the court's decision to remove the Memorial Human Rights Center** from the register of foreign agents.

Following the liquidation of the Memorial Human Rights Center* in June 2022, the public organization Memorial Human Rights Center* was created. On March 1, 2024, the Ministry of Justice included this organization in the register of foreign agents.

Today, the Supreme Court of Russia recognized the Memorial movement* as an extremist organization and banned its activities, the press service of the highest judicial authority reported.

Not only the movement itself, but also its structural divisions, such as the regional branches of Memorial*, have been banned, reports "Ostorozhno Novosti."

The hearing was held behind closed doors.

Lawyer Leonid Solovyov was supposed to defend the organization, but he was not allowed to participate in the proceedings and was removed from the courtroom, according to "Slovo Zashchite" (Word of Defense).

It should be noted that the Nobel Committee condemned the Russian authorities' initiative to designate the organization as extremist. "Memorial"*. "Not a single representative of Memorial* has been officially notified, and neither the public nor lawyers... will have access to the text of any decision. The Committee views this as a deliberate concealment of information in order to protect illegal actions from international scrutiny," the Nobel Committee said in a statement on its website. The organization called for the withdrawal of the lawsuit and an end to any persecution of the movement's members.

Materials about the trials of Memorial* and protests against the persecution of human rights activists are published by the "Caucasian Knot" on the thematic page "Liquidation of Memorial*".

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* The activities of the Memorial movement are recognized as extremist and banned in Russia.

** Added to the register of foreign agents

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Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/422309