Russian Doomsday Death Cult Books Banned

I’m really not generally in favour in of book banning (see earlier post), but I can understand the anxieties of the Russian authorities with regard to the published writings of the “Doomsday” cult leader, Pyotr Kuznetsov.

In November2007, thirty-five members of the True Russian Orthodox Church entered an underground bunker in anticipation of a predicted apocalypse.

Today, only 9 members remain underground (twenty-four left their underground hideaway when it began to collapse) determined to stay put and threatening mass suicide if anyone attempts to remove them.

Now, authorities in the Penza region have declared Kuznetsov’s writings illegal claiming that they incite religious and racial hatred.

Kuznetsov himself is currently in a psychiatric hospital following a suicide attempt.

(Via Russia Today)

26% of Russians believe there IS life on Mars, 59% don’t

While 59% of Russian are sure there is no life on Mars, just over a quarter believe that there is, according to a recent report from the Public Opinion Fund

2500 people were polled on Cosmonauts Day (April 12th)

Those who believed in life on the Red Planet were typically urban dwellers, under 25, with a mid-level education and living on a low income.

The original article appeared in Pravda

Confusing in parts. But then I can hardly talk – I can’t speak Russian!