Russia is seeking to ban the vaguely defined anti-Russian separatist movement as an extremist organization, the Justice Ministrysaid Friday.According to the ministry, the so-called movements goal is to destroy the multinational unity and territorial integrity of Russia.The ministrys request is set to be heard by Russias Supreme Court on June 7.The independent OVD-Info rights project, which first reported on the planned designation,said it was unable to find a formal organization titled Anti-Russian Separatist Movement.Observers speculated that designating the separatist movement as extremist could lead to wider targeting of anti-war or indigenous rights and decolonial activists in Russia.Last year,the Russian Prosecutor General's Office banned the Free Nations League anti-imperial movement and the Forum of Free Peoples of Post-Russia, a group that calls for Russia's disintegration, as undesirable organizations.The Supreme Courts previouslybannedas extremist the similarly nonexistent international LGBT public movement and the Ya/My Furgal movement in support of the ex-governor of the Far East Khabarovsk region.The November 2023 LGBT movement ban has led to a sweeping crackdown on public displays of LGBTQ+ identity and lifestyles.