from RT
Russia has designated the pro-separatist online news website Komi Daily as a terrorist organization.
The website was added to the list of terrorist groups curated by the Federal Security Service (FSB) in late December. The FSB classified Komi Daily as “a structural branch” of the Free Nations of Post-Russia Forum (FNRF), a pro-Ukrainian group that advocates for the breakup of Russia into dozens of statelets along ethnic and regional lines.
The FNRF was banned as a terrorist organization by the Russian Supreme Court in November. The group’s co-founder and chief organizer is Ukrainian businessman and activist Oleg Magaletsky. Ukrainian and EU officials, as well as Russian anti-government activists, often attend the forum’s events.
Founded in 2018 by journalist Valera Ilyinov, Komi Daily describes itself as “decolonial media about Komi culture and identity.” It is currently run by journalists Lana Pylaeva and Tanya Chuprova, both of whom are based outside of Russia...
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