{"id":312223,"date":"2025-07-17T05:35:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T05:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=312223"},"modified":"2025-07-19T05:38:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T05:38:26","slug":"putin-officially-bans-satanism-in-russia-declares-the-occult-a-cultural-threat-to-civilization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=312223","title":{"rendered":"Putin Officially Bans Satanism in Russia, Declares the Occult a \u2018Cultural Threat to Civilization\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Edward Morgan \u2013 Prepare For Change July 15, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>By Jonas E. Alexis,<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cThis is not about religious freedom,\u201d said one Russian Orthodox cleric involved in drafting the new law. \u201cIt\u2019s about protecting our society from a toxic ideology that glorifies nihilism, perversion, and anti-human agendas. These groups worship chaos and death \u2014 not liberty.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Russian President Vladimir Putin has officially\u00a0banned the Satanic Temple and all affiliated occult organizations\u00a0from operating within the Russian Federation, declaring them\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>\u201ca direct threat to Russian culture, values, and the future of humanity itself.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>While the Satanic Temple continues to gain ground in the United States\u2014opening\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thepeoplesvoice.tv\/obama-judge-forces-school-district-to-allow-satanists-to-teach-children-satanic-virtues\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">After School Satan Clubs\u00a0in public schools<\/a>\u00a0across multiple states under the banner of\u00a0<em>\u201creligious equality\u201d<\/em>\u2014Putin has taken a hardline stance, choosing to nip the movement in the bud\u00a0before it can spread its influence within Russia\u2019s borders.<\/p>\n<p>Citing the group\u2019s growing presence in Western institutions as a cautionary tale, the Kremlin has made it clear that\u00a0such ideologies have no place in a society rooted in tradition, faith, and national identity.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3du2433iGbQ?si=J7YAkTEgH5e6PM_8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/div>\n<p>In a televised statement broadcast to the nation, Putin\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/2025\/04\/09\/russian-lawmakers-move-to-ban-satanism-decry-alleged-azov-ritual-orgies-a88665\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">said<\/a>\u00a0the decision was made to protect the\u00a0<em>\u201cspiritual sovereignty of Russia\u201d<\/em>\u00a0from what he called\u00a0<em>\u201cthe moral rot and cultural subversion being exported by the West under the guise of \u2018tolerance\u2019 and \u2018freedom of religion.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u201cWe will not allow the demons of the West to corrupt our children and infiltrate our institutions,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Putin declared.\u00a0<em>\u201cRussia will stand firm against the forces of darkness disguised as progressive ideology.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/thepeoplesvoice.tv\/peter-thiel-says-transgender-people-arent-going-far-enough-we-want-more-than-sex-changes\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">RELATED: Transhumanist Peter Thiel Says Transgender People Aren\u2019t Going Far Enough: \u2018We Want More Than Sex Changes\u2019<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Kremlin\u2019s ban\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehubweb.com\/putin-bans-satanic-temple-russia-extremism\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">reportedly<\/a>\u00a0extends beyond the Satanic Temple to include various Western-aligned occult, esoteric, and \u201cNew Age\u201d organizations accused of promoting transhumanism, child indoctrination, and anti-Christian ideology. The law labels such groups as\u00a0<em>\u201cextremist organizations\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 putting them in the same category as ISIS and neo-Nazi cells.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Cracking Down on Cultural Subversion<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The move comes amid a broader crackdown on what the Russian government calls\u00a0<em>\u201cspiritual terrorism\u201d\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 a term being used to describe the infiltration of occult symbols, rituals, and ideology into media, education, and politics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Russian intelligence sources allege that some of these groups have ties to international NGOs, Hollywood elites, and Western tech billionaires \u2014 many of whom have been accused in recent years of participating in bizarre occult ceremonies behind closed doors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u201cThis is not about religious freedom,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0said one Russian Orthodox cleric involved in drafting the new law.\u00a0<em>\u201cIt\u2019s about protecting our society from a toxic ideology that glorifies nihilism, perversion, and anti-human agendas. These groups worship chaos and death \u2014 not liberty.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Predictably, Western media outlets and liberal NGOs have responded with outrage, accusing Putin of violating human rights and religious freedom. The Satanic Temple itself released a statement condemning the ban, calling it\u00a0<em>\u201cauthoritarian\u201d<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>\u201cdeeply regressive\u201d<\/em>\u00a0because\u00a0<em>\u201call Russian children should have the opportunity to choose Satan.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/06DOanwjHQI?si=x2cCO2z6BOUm9O1K\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/prepareforchange.net\/donations\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Donations<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/prepareforchange.net\/2025\/07\/15\/putin-officially-bans-satanism-in-russia-declares-the-occult-a-cultural-threat-to-civilization\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a televised address to the nation, Putin said the decision was made to protect the \u201cspiritual sovereignty of Russia\u201d from what he called \u201cthe moral rot and cultural subversion being exported by the West under the guise of \u2018tolerance\u2019 and \u2018freedom of religion.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-312223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-russia","category-the_satanic_salute"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=312223"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":312226,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312223\/revisions\/312226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=312223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=312223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=312223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}