The Supreme Court of Russia has granted the request of the country's Prosecutor General's Office to recognize the Ukrainian organization "Right Sector" as a terrorist organization, reports the BBC.
Since 2014, "Right Sector" has already been banned in Russia as an extremist organization.
The statement from the Russian prosecutor's office says that members of "Right Sector" "actively participate in military operations against the Russian Federation" and that the organization is also "engaged in the preparation of military operations and organizes the collection of funds for the Ukrainian Armed Forces".
"Right Sector" arose during the Maidan of 2013-14 as a public association of various Ukrainian movements that adhere to right-wing or far-right views.
The first leader and founder of the organization, Dmitry Yarosh, was one of the leaders of the protests.
Later, a political party was created on the basis of the organization, which received 1.8% of the vote in the 2014 elections and did not enter parliament (however, Yarosh became a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada in one of the single-mandate constituencies).
Volunteer paramilitary formations created on the basis of "Right Sector" took an active part in the operation of the Ukrainian troops against pro-Russian forces in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
After the start of the full-scale Russian invasion, the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps "Right Sector" entered the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and at the end of 2022 it was renamed the 67th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.