The Pirate Party had been refused in registration

Department of Justice refused to register the Russian Pirate Party as it was reported on the party’s site. The minister found several violations in presented by the activists documents, but the special attention was paid for the name of the organization.

In the minister of justice’ notification is said that the party can’t be called “Pirate”, because piracy in Russia is a criminal offence. Also the document include detailed quotation of the criminal code and the United Nations convention of the maritime law in which the notion of the word “piracy” means maritime banditry. “The piracy is closely connected with a confrontation”, - as it was stated in the notification.

Besides, it was mentioned in the document that “secret vote promotion of the candidate of the presidential elections of the Russian Federation do not correspondent to the name of the party”. Also the minister pointed out a number of violations in presented documents. Activists reasonable rejected all the complaints of the department.

Pavel Rassudov, The president of the party said that he will dispute the Ministy of Ajustmen’ denial. “We think that the Prosecutor General's Office must to carry out a conformance testing of the correspondence of names of “ Yedinaya Rossiya”(The United Russia) because there is no mentioning of unity and also the “Yabloko” party ( Apple Party) in the aims of which there is nothing about fruits etc., he said.

“Aims of the Pirate Party are understandable for a long time and are well- known for the society. Even the court of Italy had been decided this question. Even a thought about the drive for freedom and civil law is compared with the piracy is an absurd or a wrong interpretation”, - commented the Minister Rick Falkvinge , the founder of the piracy movement and the first Piracy Party of Sweden. I think your bureaucrats have a broccoli in their socks”.

In November about 50 people took part in a rally against Internet censorship under the Pirate Party near the memorial of the Carl Marks on the Revolution square. It was disgusting. Despite the rally was coordinate with the Russian Communist Workers' Party the policy didn’t allow unrolling the flags”, said Rassudov. Earlier Moscow authorities refused Pirate Party in caring out a picket for Lurkmore and for freedom. Rassudov also remind that in Autumn when the law of the Internet censorship was admitting Pirates had already organize a rally and warn about the not guilty sites will be blocked. Also in March 2011 The Pirate Party were trying to be registered but the Ministry of Adjustment refused to give a certificate of registry because of the name.

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