MOSCOW, May 11 (RAPSI) – The Supreme Court of Russian Federation on Wednesday upheld the lower court’s decision to liquidate nationalist movement “Russkiye”, RAPSI correspondent reports from the courtroom.

Earlier, the Moscow City Court reviewed a claim lodged by the Prosecutor’s Office, supported by the Justice Ministry and the Federal Security Service (FSB), and banned “The Russians” from carrying out their activities in the territory of the Russian Federation. In its judgement, the court substantiated that the leader of the movement Dmitry Demushkin, along with other members of the movement, were repeatedly found guilty of extremism.

Later, Dmitry Demushkin, the movement’s leader, announced its dissolution.

Nationalists could appeal against the ruling liquidating the movement only on the third try, as the Moscow City Court had twice turned down the complaints submitted by “The Russians”. As a result, already after the judgement on the liquidation of the movement had been given, “The Russians” had to hold a congress, elect a representative, and invest this representative with power of attorney to defend the movement’s interests.

The movement was found extremist in October 2015.