Putin’s new “State Policy for the Preservation and Strengthening of Traditional Russian Spiritual and Moral Values” is used to crack down on religious minorities.
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Russian Anti-Cultist Revives an Old Lie: “Ukraine Trains Islamic State Terrorists”
A French senator said something similar in 2016. She had to apologize, claiming her words were misunderstood in an “indecent and miserable” way.
Legal Concept of “Extremist Material” Expanded in Russia
Courts will be allowed to consider “extremist” even documents or information not explicitly listed as such—and anything connected with “Fascism.”
Russia, Transformation Center Church Falsely Accused of Supporting “Ukrainian Terrorists”
The U.S.-based organization led by Andrey Shapovalov inspires several Russian churches. It has been declared “undesirable.”
Melitopol: Russians Station Soldiers and Weapons in Saint Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
The historical cathedral was occupied last week in violation of international law.
Russia: Two Evangelical Pastors Prosecuted, Falsely Accused of Raising Money for the Ukrainian Army
The two belong to the New Generation church, also absurdly denounced for conspiring with the Red Cross to transport explosives hidden in ambulances.
Russia: Lunatic Theory that Yellowstone Volcano Caused the War in Ukraine Gains Momentum
Security Council head Patrushev’s claim that Americans will need to resettle in Ukraine and Russia after the volcano erupts is both officially promoted—and ridiculed.
米国務省の信教の自由に関する2023年版報告書：敵に厳しく、味方に甘い
中国、ロシア、イラン、パキスタンの悪行に関しては素晴らしい記述、米国の政治的同盟国による信教の自由侵害に関しては控えめな表現
Occupied Ukraine: Anti-Cult “Experts” Target Moscow Patriarchate Dissident Priest
A “psycholinguistic expert analysis” concluded that Luhansk’ Father Feognost is “working for the enemy.”
Russia: Anti-Cultists Laughably Accuse Ukraine of Operating “Telephone Cults”
Telephone threats, scams, phishing, all is attributed by the disturbed imagination of Archpriest Novopashin to “cults” controlled by the Ukrainian intelligence.