MOSCOW, August 17 (RAPSI) – The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has banned international public movement Arestantskoye Ugulovnoye Yedinstvo / Criminal Unity of Inmates (AUE) declaring it to be an extremist organization, according to the press service of Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office.

The Court has granted an administrative claim of the Prosecutor General, the statement reads.

The Prosecutor General’s Office stresses that the activities of the movement based on a criminal and extremist ideology presents a real threat to lives and health of citizens, the society, and the state; members of the movement have been involved in extremist crimes and mass riots.