State Duma in the first reading adopted the draft on suspension of the ban on terrorist organizations

The State Duma at the plenary session has passed in the first reading a bill allowing to suspend the ban on the activities of an organization that is recognized as a terrorist organization in Russia. This information appeared on December 10 in the system for ensuring legislative activity.

The document was submitted to the State Duma on November 26. In an explanatory note, the authors of the bill recalled that the Federal Law "On Combating Terrorism", adopted in 2006, has provisions describing the mechanism for banning the establishment and activities of organizations that exist to justify, propagandize, support terrorism and commit terrorist acts.

It is noted that there is no mechanism for suspending the ban on the activities of such an organization in the Russian legislation, and the introduced draft law proposes to eliminate this gap. In order to obtain a temporary lifting of the ban, representatives of the organization will be able to file a lawsuit in court and demonstrate documents proving their renunciation of terrorist activities. If the court makes a positive decision, the list of terrorist organizations banned in Russia will be amended.

Earlier, on October 24, Russia's permanent representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya noted that Russia is at the forefront of the fight against terrorism and is making every effort to combat this threat. In addition, the country provides assistance in this area to all states that need it.

Before that, on August 13, the National Anti-Terrorist Committee (NAC) said that since the beginning of 2024, 110 terrorist attacks have been prevented in Russia, and more than 1,050 suspects suspected of preparing these crimes have been detained.