For more than twenty years, FECRIS supported Russia and China in their bloody repression of minority religions.
Bitter Winter
Sympathy for the Devil: The Anti-Cult Federation FECRIS, China, and Russia. 6. The Russian FECRIS’ Support for the Invasions of Ukraine
Both in 2014 and 2022, the Russian FECRIS affiliates unequivocally supported Putin, contributing the conspiracy theory that “cults” were used by the West in Ukraine against Russian interests.
Sympathy for the Devil: The Anti-Cult Federation FECRIS, China, and Russia. 5. FECRIS’ Support of Religious Repression in Russia
The Russian affiliates were always among the most visible components of FECRIS, of which Russian anti-cultist Alexander Dvorkin was Vice President for twelve years.
Sympathy for the Devil: The Anti-Cult Federation FECRIS, China, and Russia. 4. FECRIS and Anti-Cult Cooperation with China
Since at least the year 2000, FECRIS affiliates and other Western anti-cult organizations have supported China’s bloody repression of “cults.”
Sympathy for the Devil: The Anti-Cult Federation FECRIS, China, and Russia. 3. Western Anti-Cultists and Their Dangerous Liaisons
The Western anti-cult model is theoretically different from those prevailing in China and Russia. However, a cooperation was established.
Sympathy for the Devil: The Anti-Cult Federation FECRIS, China, and Russia. 2. The Chinese and Russian Anti-Cult Models
China and Russia have different definitions of “cults,” based on different historical traditions—both hostile to religious liberty.
Sympathy for the Devil: The Anti-Cult Federation FECRIS, China, and Russia. 1. Why FECRIS Is in Trouble
Reportedly, the Russian affiliates were quietly “expelled” or “suspended” after the war started in Ukraine. But FECRIS’ Russian and Chinese connections are not institutional only.
Warrant for a Genocide: How Russia Justifies Atrocities in Ukraine
An exceptional document explains the plans for destroying the Ukrainian identity and severely punishing the Ukrainians, who are at least “passive Nazis.”
A Terrible Sermon: Patriarch of Moscow Blesses “Metaphysical” War Against the “World of Gay Prides”
On March 6, ironically Forgiveness Sunday for the Orthodox, Patriarch Kirill abandoned all caution and blessed the war of aggression against Ukraine and the “false freedom” of democratic countries.
Ukraine: Leading Chinese Academics “Strongly Oppose Russian War”
We translate a statement by five prominent Chinese professors that went viral on Chinese social media before being banned by the authorities. These statements are normal elsewhere, but in China they risk their careers.