Russia Approves Law to Lift Bans on Terrorist Organizations, Facilitating Relations with Taliban and Syrian Leaders
The Russian parliament has passed a law that allows the lifting of bans on organizations classified as terrorist by Moscow. This development paves the way for the normalization of relations with the Taliban in Afghanistan and the new leaders in Syria. Russian President Vladimir Putin considers the Taliban allies in the fight against terrorism. Meanwhile, Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov has called for the removal of the Syrian group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham from Russia’s list of banned terrorist organizations.