The Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court satisfied a claim filed by prosecutors and declared the far-right hate group \u201cMale State\u201d an extremist organization.<\/p>\n
During the hearing, the prosecution argued that Male State (Muzhskoe Gosudarstvo<\/em> in Russian) is an informal organization that operates on social networks, including Telegram, and \u201cpersecutes citizens on the basis of nationality.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n According to Mediazona, the judge reviewing the case, Anna Belova, rendered her decision in the space of a few minutes.<\/p>\n Lawyer Dzambolat Gabarev, who represented the interests of Male State founder Vladislav Pozdnyakov in the trial, said that the defense plans to appeal the court\u2019s ruling. Pozdnyakov, who reportedly resides outside of Russia, did not appear in court.<\/p>\n Earlier, Pozdnyakov wrote on Telegram that he \u201cdidn\u2019t care\u201d about the claim against Male State, claiming that he \u201chasn\u2019t run this brand for a year.\u201d<\/p>\n The name \u201cMale State\u201d was linked to a number of private groups on the Russian social network VKontakte that proclaimed an ideology described as \u201cnational patriarchy.\u201d The social network\u00a0blocked\u00a0Male State in 2020, but the group still has an active channel on Telegram.<\/p>\n Male State\u2019s founder, Vladislav Pozdnyakov, was handed a two-year suspended sentence in 2018 for inciting hatred against women. His sentence was overturned three months later, after which Pozdnyakov left Russia.<\/p>\n Nizhny Novgorod prosecutors seek to ban far-right hate group \u2018Male State\u2019\u2018We are Tanuki\u2019 Russian restaurant chain fights back after being targeted by far-right hate group over ads featuring Black model<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
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