MOSCOW, December 28. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing the temporary suspension of a ban on the activities of an organization included in the unified list of terrorist organizations.

According to the law, the ban on the activities of such an organization may be suspended by a court decision based on a request by the prosecutor-general or his deputy.

The suspension is possible if there is verified evidence that the organization, following its inclusion in the list of terrorist organizations, has ceased carrying out activities aimed at the propaganda, justification, and support of terrorism or committing relevant crimes described in the Criminal Code.

A copy of the court’s ruling to suspend the prohibition of activities must be sent to the Federal Security Service (FSB) within five days after coming into force for amending the list of terrorist organizations.

Corresponding changes must be made to a number of other regulatory acts. The rules of procedure for such cases are established. The court’s decision to suspend the ban on the activities of a terrorist organization is not a reason for the review of court verdicts that have entered into legal force in criminal cases involving such an organization.

As Leonid Slutsky, the chairman of the State Duma’s international affairs committee and leader of the LDPR, explained earlier, the new rules were aimed, among other things, at ensuring Russia's legal interaction with the Taliban (banned in Russia).