Society
Following the controversy over Matilda, a film directed by Alexei Uchitel, a radical pseudo-Orthodox movement close to the Church has emerged on the general public’s radar. It is a movement with many nicknames in the news media, most memorably the “Orthodox Taliban” and the “Orthodox ISIS”.
State Duma deputy Natalia Poklonskaya, an icon of the Russian Spring, has become the face of this unexpectedly strong movement, which is new to many. Her symbolic Crimean political capital, which has diminished considerably since …read more
Source: Intersection