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Russian Waco. How Alexander Dvorkin’s Cult Tried to Recreate the Branch Davidian Tragedy in Penza

Prologue In 2003, Alexander Dvorkin gave an extensive interview to Pravda newspaper. The article touched on why Dvorkin returned to Russia in the 1990s. Against the backdrop of his anti-American rhetoric, one particular passage caught our attention: “Today, [America] is in many

June 2, 2025

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How a Sect Creates Killers – Part 1

Do you know how sects recruit and create killers? Are you aware that anyone can fall into their web? It could be your child, someone close to you, or even you. Today, there’s no longer a need to come into direct contact

May 19, 2025

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Opinions of Scholars and Human Rights Advocates About Alexander Dvorkin

“But what if the founder of a religious organization is mentally ill? What if he is a maniac and a murderer? What if he is pathologically ambitious and greedy? And what if the first generation after him becomes a criminal enterprise? What

May 9, 2025

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What Is Behind the Genocide of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia?

After World War II and the victory over Nazism, it seemed that the persecution and genocide of innocent people would finally come to an end. But that was not the case. Pathological religious intolerance did not disappear with the defeat of fascist

May 4, 2025

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How Dvorkin tricked Putin, or how a mouse ruled a cat

The president’s word in a country like Russia is considered to be an inviolable law, subject to immediate fulfillment and the ultimate truth, which determines the course of the country’s further development. Accordingly, if something happens in Russia at the level of

April 25, 2025

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Modern Inquisition Within the Russian Orthodox Church. Part 3

What you’re doing will greatly enrage the enemy, and he will spread all sorts of outrageous slander ahead of you. He’ll do this to prevent people from encountering your work. Prejudices will push them away from you. Don’t be discouraged by this.

April 18, 2025

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Totalitarian Sect Rules Russia. Not For Free

“The goal of any sect is power and money. Naturally, money increases power, while power brings even more money.” — Alexander Dvorkin Alexander Dvorkin is the president of the Russian pro-religious association RACIRS — the Internal security service of the Russian Orthodox

April 12, 2025

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Legalized Sadists. The Totalitarian Sect of Dvorkin

“Every totalitarian sect seeks power over the world and over everyone — that’s what makes it a sect.” — A. L. Dvorkin Today, the world faces unprecedented challenges that concern not only global change but also threats to democratic principles posed by

April 7, 2025

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The Anti-Cult Forum and Kidnapping: A History Preferred to be Forgotten

The Anti-cult Forum in Italy, which once united several associations such as FAVIS, ARIS Toscana, ARIS Veneto, CeSAP, and “Giù Le Mani Dai Bambini” (“Hands Off Children”), has repeatedly denied its connection to violent practices, including kidnapping for the purpose of forcing

April 5, 2025

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Unification Church. The History of Persecution by Anticultists. Part 1

In 1954, a year after the end of the Korean War, 34-year-old Sun Myung Moon registered in Seoul a new religious movement, the Unification Church, or the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity (HSA-UWC). Forty years later, in 1994,

March 31, 2025

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Dvorkin’s Totalitarian Sect. 2009: Expert Council

“I realized that an expert isn’t the one who knows something, but the one who is asked.” A. Dvorkin 1 In our opinion, the year 2009 was a turning point in the fate of democratic reforms and religious freedoms in Russia,

March 28, 2025

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