Paranoid Putin bans satanic group that doesn't exist - could send metal fans to frontline
Russian metal enthusiasts could soon find themselves behind bars after Vladimir Putin gave the green light for the country's supreme court to ban the 'international satanism movement' as an extremist and terrorist group, following allegations of 'satanic sex orgies'.
Although no official group by that name exists, pleas from the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, along with lawmakers and other officials, now mean that anyone accused of being part of this supposed movement could face serious consequences.
Violating this law could result in up to eight years in a Russian prison, and potentially see some heavy metal fans dispatched to the Ukrainian frontline as Russia continues to employ unconventional recruitment strategies.
Earlier this year, Andrei Kartapolov, a senior MP who chairs the Russian parliament's defense committee, labeled satanism as a "direct threat to Russian statehood," alleging Western involvement and funding without providing substantial evidence.
Tensions have been escalating in Moscow, with another pro-Kremlin MP reporting an influx of public complaints regarding the increasing number of 'satanic sex orgies' in his city and throughout Russia.
In 2023, as part of a strategy to gather forces for Putin's Ukrainian campaign, the Kremlin released convicted criminal Nikolai Ogolobyak. Ogolobyak, along with his accomplices, had cooked and consumed the hearts and tongues of four teenage girls in a ritualistic murder, stabbing one victim 666 times in a grotesque tribute to satanism.
Ogolobyak, who was halfway through his 20-year sentence, received a pardon from Putin after serving six months on the frontline in Ukraine.
Orthodox Christianity is the prevailing religion in Russia and Eastern Europe, with Putin and legislators leveraging this to target other minority groups, such as the LGBTQ community and rights to same-sex marriage.
https://www.the-express.com/news/world-n...-jail-time
Russian metal enthusiasts could soon find themselves behind bars after Vladimir Putin gave the green light for the country's supreme court to ban the 'international satanism movement' as an extremist and terrorist group, following allegations of 'satanic sex orgies'.
Although no official group by that name exists, pleas from the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, along with lawmakers and other officials, now mean that anyone accused of being part of this supposed movement could face serious consequences.
Violating this law could result in up to eight years in a Russian prison, and potentially see some heavy metal fans dispatched to the Ukrainian frontline as Russia continues to employ unconventional recruitment strategies.
Earlier this year, Andrei Kartapolov, a senior MP who chairs the Russian parliament's defense committee, labeled satanism as a "direct threat to Russian statehood," alleging Western involvement and funding without providing substantial evidence.
Tensions have been escalating in Moscow, with another pro-Kremlin MP reporting an influx of public complaints regarding the increasing number of 'satanic sex orgies' in his city and throughout Russia.
In 2023, as part of a strategy to gather forces for Putin's Ukrainian campaign, the Kremlin released convicted criminal Nikolai Ogolobyak. Ogolobyak, along with his accomplices, had cooked and consumed the hearts and tongues of four teenage girls in a ritualistic murder, stabbing one victim 666 times in a grotesque tribute to satanism.
Ogolobyak, who was halfway through his 20-year sentence, received a pardon from Putin after serving six months on the frontline in Ukraine.
Orthodox Christianity is the prevailing religion in Russia and Eastern Europe, with Putin and legislators leveraging this to target other minority groups, such as the LGBTQ community and rights to same-sex marriage.
https://www.the-express.com/news/world-n...-jail-time
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
