08:23, 27 February 2026

A Makhachkala resident was convicted of participating in the activities of the "USSR"*.

A court in Makhachkala sentenced a local resident to a suspended sentence after finding him a member of the "Union of Slavic Forces of Rus'"*.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," five "USSR citizens"* organizations have been designated as extremist. These include Sergei Taraskin's "USSR"*, whose primary name is listed as the "Union of Slavic Forces of Rus'"*. Then there's the "Council of Citizens of the USSR"* of the Prikubansky District of Krasnodar. Then there's the "People's Council of Citizens of the RSFSR USSR of the Arkhangelsk Region"*. "The community of "citizens of the USSR"* with its center in Novokuibyshevsk in the Samara region, which is listed as an extremist organization under the main name "Citizens of the USSR"*. And also the "Supreme Council of the Tatar ASSR"*, Mikhail Akhmetyev, an expert at the Sova Research Center**, reported earlier to the Caucasian Knot.

People who consider themselves citizens of the USSR are an informal community; they unite in various organizations, human rights activist Alexander Verkhovsky told the Caucasian Knot on March 6. "These are different people who believe that the USSR continues to legally exist, and the Russian The Federation, on the contrary, does not. They unite into different organizations. From time to time, these organizations are even divided into parts,” he explained. According to the human rights activist, several organizations of those who consider themselves citizens of the USSR have already been banned in Russia, but the abbreviation USSR is not always present in them. Dagestani supporters of radical leftist movements have not been noticed in anti-Semitic antics and actions similar to those organized by supporters of the USSR* in other regions of Russia, said an expert from the SOVA Research Center** and deputy editor-in-chief of the Chernovik publication, commenting on the case of Larisa Bochieva.

According to the court, Makhachkala resident Efimov joined the interregional public association "Union of Slavic Forces of Russia", whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation and recognized as extremist, the press service of the FSB Directorate for Dagestan.

He participated in events held by its members, promoted an ideology of hatred toward the government bodies of the Russian Federation, and called for the refusal to fulfill civil obligations.

Agitation materials in the form of leaflets and brochures, as well as organizational and administrative documents of the extremist organization, were found and confiscated at Efimov's place of residence.

"The Kirovsky District Court of Makhachkala found Efimov guilty of organizing the activities of an extremist organization and sentenced him to three years' probation," the department clarified.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that in early February, a court in Makhachkala sentenced local resident Irina Gladchenko to probation. href="https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/420692">recognizing her as a member of the "Union of Slavic Forces of Rus"*.

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* The interregional public association "Union of Slavic Forces of Russia" was recognized as an extremist organization in August 2019, a decision made by the Supreme Court of Komi. Several other organizations whose names include the abbreviation USSR were also added to the list of extremist organizations.

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Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/421146