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Russia's Supreme Court on November 12, 2026, designated Ukraine's Yellow Ribbon resistance movement an extremist organization and banned its activities on Russian territory, Ukrinform reported on Nov. 14. The Russian Prosecutor General's Office sued in a closed hearing, and the Crimean Tatar Resource Center, citing Russian media, published the decision on Facebook. The designation extends Russia's repression of groups it links to Ukrainian resistance and can expose supporters to criminal prosecution. Under Article 282.2 of the Russian Criminal Code, organizing an extremist organization's activities carries six to 10 years in prison and participation two to six years, and occupation security services may also bring high treason charges. Yellow Ribbon emerged in Kherson in April 2022 as a nonviolent movement operating in occupied Ukrainian territories, including Crimea. Its activists display Ukrainian symbols and urge residents not to join Russia's "elections" and "referendums". The Resource Center warned that the designation adds grounds to persecute Ukrainians in occupied areas, putting members and suspected supporters at risk. Movement representatives were among recipients of the European Parliament's 2022 Sakharov Prize, and the movement earlier pledged its prize money to Kyiv's Okhmatdyt children's hospital, struck by Russian missiles on July 8, 2024.