List of organisations banned in Russia explained

This is a partial list of organizations that are officially banned in Russia as "extremist" or declared undesirable. Many organizations were banned based on the Russian foreign agent law and Russian undesirable organizations law. Among them were Open Russia, National Endowment for Democracy, Open Society Foundations, U.S. Russia Foundation, International Republican Institute, Media Development Investment Fund and National Democratic Institute.[1]

Banned organisations

Before 2014

Organization!Date where it was banned
Communist Party of the Soviet Union6 November 1991
Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic6 November 1991
National Salvation Front4 October 1993
Hizb ut-Tahrir2003
National Bolshevik Party19 April 2007
Conceptual Party "Unity"13 July 2007
National Socialist Society1 February 2010
Slavic Union27 April 2010
United Vilayat of Kabarda-Balkaria-Karachay9 July 2010
Takfir wal-Hijra15 September 2010
Format1820 December 2010
Russian National Unity24 December 2010
Russian all-national union30 May 2011
Movement Against Illegal Immigration18 April 2011
People's Will Army22 February 2011
Northern Brotherhood6 August 2012

Since 2014

Organization!Date where it was banned
International Republican InstituteUnknown
National Democratic InstituteUnknown
People's Militia named after Minin and Pozharsky18 February 2015
For Responsible Government22 September 2015
Russians28 October 2015
National Endowment for DemocracyJuly 2015
U.S. Russia Foundation2015
Media Development Investment Fund2016
Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People26 April 2016
Open Russia2017
Jehovah's Witnesses20 April 2017
Free Russia Forum22 February 2019
Union of Slavic Forces of Russia19 August 2019
Nation and Freedom Committee29 July 2020
National Socialism / White Power21 May 2021
Anti-Corruption Foundation9 June 2021
Male State18 October 2021
Meta Platforms Inc21 March 2022[2]
All-Tatar Public Center10 June 2022
Adat People's Movement11 July 2022
People's Self-Defense (Russia)15 September 2022
International LGBT movement30 November 2023

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2017/04/russian-authorities-ban-khodorkovskys-organization-open-russia-as-undesirable/ Russian authorities ban Khodorkovsky’s organization Open Russia as ‘undesirable’
  2. Web site: Список организаций, признанных российскими судами э… / СОВА . 2023-07-15 . www.sova-center.ru . ru.