On November 11, 82 of essentially the most distinguished spiritual students of Ukraine, together with the President of the Nationwide Academy of Science of Ukraine, and lots of different huge names, wrote a letter to the French President Emmanuel Macron in regards to the funding of FECRIS. FECRIS is an umbrella group that gathers “anticult” associations throughout Europe, together with in Russia. It’s far decried for its discriminatory actions towards new religions, and has been convicted by a number of courts in Europe for these. And actually, it’s solely funded by the French authorities.
The purpose of the letter is to lift consciousness of the robust assist that FECRIS has supplied to its Russian members, and to the Kremlin of their outrageous propaganda towards Ukraine and the West. It’s true that by funding this group which nonetheless has members in Russia calling to hate and struggle towards the Ukrainian depicted as “Satanists” and “cult members”, is contradictory with the political and monetary assist of Ukraine by the present French authorities. By funding FECRIS, France funds its personal enemy, the enemy of Ukraine and the enemy of Europe.
Right here is the complete letter with signatories:
M. Emmanuel Macron
Président de la République Française
Palais de l’Élysée
75008 Paris
Kiev, November 11, 2022
Copy to:
Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine
Vadym Omeltchenko, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to France
Etienne de PONCINS, Ambassador of France in Ukraine
Re: Funding of FECRIS affiliation by France
Pricey Mr President,
We’re a bunch of Ukrainian students and human rights defenders, most of us presently primarily based in Ukraine. We wish to begin this letter by saying that we deeply admire the assistance that France is offering to our nation, in essentially the most tough scenario that we face throughout these horrible occasions for our folks.
However, we wish to draw your consideration on the next information. On the Human Dimension Convention organized by the OSCE in Warsaw, on September 28 and 29, France has been publicly requested by NGOs to cease funding FECRIS (European Federation of Analysis and Info Facilities on Sects and Cults), a French umbrella group that gathers “anti-cults” organizations all through Europe and is principally funded by France.
What was reproached as regards FECRIS, moreover its discriminatory actions towards any spiritual minority that they falsely label as “cults”, was the truth that for years it has supported its Russian department, while that department is a key and fixed actor within the Kremlin’s propaganda towards Ukraine, its authorities and its folks.
The French Everlasting Illustration at OSCE issued a proper of reply, and as an alternative of answering on the deserves of the criticism, solely said that “FECRIS is an affiliation offering help to victims of sectarian aberrations. It’s as such that it’s supported by the French authorities, which intends to proceed supporting its actions”. We deeply remorse that the French illustration didn’t take critically the information that had been denounced throughout this convention.
Sadly, the assist of FECRIS to Russian propaganda towards Ukraine may be very nicely documented. It began very long time in the past. Alexander Dvorkin, Vice President of FECRIS from 2009 to 2021 and presently a board member, has been barred from coming into Ukraine since 2014, as a result of he was a really rabid anti-Ukrainian propagandist, spreading on Russian State TV that Ukrainian authorities had been a bunch of “cult-followers” managed by cults and the West. He was one of many first calling the Maidan authorities “Neo-Pagans” and “Nazis”. Since, he made visits to the self-proclaimed “Luhansk Individuals’s Republic” and continued its propaganda towards Ukraine there, along with Russia.
Alexander Novopashin, an official consultant of FECRIS in Russia, is sort of daily in Russian medias accusing Ukrainians to be “satanists” to be fought by the Russian troops, and even depicts us as “cannibals”, praising the Russian authorities for the holy combat they’re conducting in our territories. He even justified publicly the Russian invasion in Ukraine with these phrases: “Any illness have to be cured, and, alas, if an individual has gangrene, it’s a must to take away its hand, and resort to surgical strategies.”
FECRIS affiliation “the Saratov department of the Middle for Spiritual Research”, positioned in Saratov, simply after the start of the struggle, revealed a name to denunciate to them any “provocateur” that will fake that Russia triggered struggle, or had been advocating for peace, in order that they might liaise with Russian legislation enforcement companies to maintain them.
These are solely few examples amongst dozens which have been documented.
Now, FECRIS took off their web site the names of their Russian associations and are pretending that the truth is they’d assist Ukraine. They don’t and people are false pretenses. Actually, per the final paperwork that they filed to the French authorities, Alexander Dvorkin remains to be a member of their board of administration. They by no means distanced themselves from the actions of their Russian members. They by no means publicly sanctioned Alexander Dvorkin or different Russian members for the evil acts they dedicated not too long ago and through these final years. To the alternative they supported them no matter they had been doing. Now they are saying on their web site that in addition they have Ukrainian branches as proof that they’d not assist the Kremlin propaganda. What they forgot to say, is that they’ve two associations members of FECRIS in Ukraine, one in all them being pro-Russian, and the opposite one being inactive for a decade whereas it’s well-known for its discriminatory statements towards minority religions, and it by no means publicly distanced itself from the Russian FECRIS.
Moreover, in keeping with stories revealed by Chinese language official sources, as late as July 15, 2022, FECRIS’ treasurer Didier Pachoud and his FECRIS affiliate group GEMPPI hosted in a convention in Paris Roman Silantyev, one of many Russian anti-cultists who declare that Ukrainian leaders are impressed by “occult and pagan” ideologies, and infiltrate “Satanists” into Russia for functions of sabotage and terrorism.
That’s the reason we respectfully ask you to guarantee that France stops funding such an affiliation which is an enemy of the West and democracy and has labored hand in hand with the Russian authorities towards Ukraine. We hope that you’ll take this letter critically and can contemplate its deserves. It’d look unimportant, nevertheless it’s vital to understand that Vladimir Putin has now adopted FECRIS theories accusing the West of “Satanism”, and that they’re a part of his state propaganda equipment.
Thanks very a lot to your assistance on this vital matter.
Respectfully,
Anatoly Kolodny
President of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Physician of Philosophy, Professor, Chief Scientific Officer, Division of Spiritual Research, Institute of Philosophy, NASU (Nationwide Academy of Science of Ukraine)
Lyudmila Filipovych
Vice-president of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Physician of Philosophy, professor, head of the Division of Philosophy and Historical past of Faith, Institute of Philosophy, NASU
Alexander Sagan
Vice-President of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Physician of Philosophy, Professor, Head of the Division of Spiritual Research of the Institute of Philosophy of the Nationwide Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Petro Yarotskyi
Physician of Philosophy, professor, main scientist. Division of Spiritual Research, Institute of Philosophy, NASU
Alla Aristova
Physician of Philosophy, professor, Division of Spiritual Research, Institute of Philosophy, NASU
Vita Tytarenko
Physician of Philosophy, professor, Division of Spiritual Research, Institute of Philosophy, NASU
Pavlo Pavlenko
Physician of Philosophy, professor, Division of Spiritual Research, Institute of Philosophy, NASU
Oleg Buchma
Ph.D., Division of Spiritual Research, Institute of Philosophy of the Nationwide Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Dmytro Bazik
Ph.D., Division of Spiritual Research, Institute of Philosophy of the Nationwide Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Anna Kulagina
Ph.D., Division of Spiritual Research, Institute of Philosophy of the Nationwide Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Gorkusha Oksana
Ph.D., Division of Spiritual Research, Institute of Philosophy of the Nationwide Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Serhii Zdioruk
Ph.D. Physician of Philosophy, head of division Institute of Strategic Research below the President of Ukraine
Viktor Yelenskyi
Physician of Philosophy, professor, head of the scientific division of the Institute of Ethnopolitics of NASU
Oleksandr Utkin
Physician of Historical past, Prof.
Petro Mazur
Ph.D. Physician of Medication, director of the Kremenets Medical Faculty
Leonid Vyhovskyi
Physician of Philosophy, head of division of philosophy, Khmelnytskyi College of Administration and Legislation, head of the UAR of Khmelnytskyi (Ukrainian Academy of Spiritual Research)
Vitaly Dokash
Physician of Philosophy, professor, head of UAR Chernivtsi.
Eduard Martyniuk
Ph.D. Physician of Philosophy, Assoc. professor, ONU (Odesa Nationwide College)
Tetiana Gavrylyuk
Physician of Philosophy, Academy of Statistics
Vitaliy Matveev
Physician of Philosophy, head of division, College of Bioresources
Ella Bystrytska
Physician of Science, professor, head of the division, Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk Nationwide Pedagogical College
Olena Nikitchenko
Ph.D. Physician of Philosophy, Affiliate Professor, Odesa Academy
Volodymyr Lubsky
Physician of Philosophy, prof.
Tatyana Gorbachenko
Physician of Philosophy, prof.
Ihor Kozlovsky
Ph.D. Physician of sciences, affiliate professor of science, Division of Spiritual Research, Institute of Philosophy of the Nationwide Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Lesya Skubko
Member of UARR
Iryna Fenno
Ph.D. Physician of Philosophy, Assoc. prof. of non secular research of KNU (Kiev Nationwide College)
Iryna Klimuk
Ph.D. Physician of Philosophical Sciences
Nadia Stokolos
Dr. Physician of Historical past, Prof.
Olga Gold
Ph.D. Physician of Philosophy, Assoc., Odesa
Mykhailo Murashkin
Dr. Ph.D., prof. Dnipro, Academy of the Ministry of Inside Affairs, head of the UAR of the Dnipro Oblast
Evgeny Kononenko
Division of Spiritual Research, Institute of Philosophy of the Nationwide Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Oksana Vynnychenko
Ph.D. Physician of Philosophy, USA
Serhiy Prysukhin
Ph.D. Physician of Philosophy, prof. KPBA (Kyiv Orthodox Theological Academy)
Hanna Tregub
Ph.D. Physician of Philosophy, journalist
Ageev Vyacheslav
Co-founder of the Workshop for the Tutorial Research of Faith (WASR)
Alla Kiridon
Physician of science, professor, director of VUE (the Nice Ukrainian Encyclopedia, State establishment)
Taras Bednarchyk
Ph.D., affiliate professor, Vinnytsia Medical College
Ruslana Martych
Ph.D. Physician of Philosophy, affiliate professor, KU Grinchenko (Borys Hrinchenko Kyiv College)
Oleksandr Horban
Ph.D., prof. KU Grinchenko (Borys Hrinchenko Kyiv College)
Maria Bardyn
Physician of Philosophical Sciences, Division of Faith, Kyiv Area.
Volodymyr Verbytskyi
Physician of Philosophy, KNU (Kiev Nationwide College)
Alyona Leshchenko
Physician of Philosophy, prof. Kherson College
George Pankov
Physician of Philosophy, professor, Kharkiv Nationwide College
Victoria Lyubashchenko
Prof. UKU (Ukrainian Catholic College)
Dmytro Gorevoy
Director of the Middle for Spiritual Safety NGO. Head of initiatives and applications of the Institute of Faith and Society of the Ukrainian Catholic College.
Yaroslav Yuvsechko
Physician of Philosophy, Affiliate Professor, Khmelnytskyi College
Serhiy Geraskov
Ph.D. philos., Kyiv
Ivan Mozgovyi
Physician of Philosophy, professor, Sumy
Yury Vilkhovy
Ph.D. Historical past, Related professor, Poltava Pedagogical College
Olga Dobrodum
Physician of Philosophy, professor on the College of Bioresources
Mentioned Ismagilov
Ph.D. Physician of Philosophy, former mufti of the “UMMA” Council
Yury Kovalenko
Ph.D. Physician of Philosophy, Rector of the Open Orthodox College
Roman Nazarenko
Ph.D., UKU (Ukrainian Catholic College)
Oleg Sokolovsky
Physician of Philosophy, prof., Zhytomyr Ivan Franko State College
Oleg Yarosh
Ph.D., NASU, Kyiv
Maxim Doychik
Physician of Philosophy, head division of philosophy of the Carpathian Nationwide College (Ivano-Frankivsk)
Yuriy Boreyko
Physician of Philosophy, head division Japanese Europe College named after L. Ukrainki (Lutsk)
Olga Borisova
Physician of Historical past, Professor, Kharkiv Institute of Tradition
Alexander Lakhno
Ph.D. historical past of sciences, vice-rector of the Poltava Pedagogical College
Larisa Vladychenko
Dr. Ph.D., prof., head Division Secretariat of the Cupboard of Ministers
Serhiy Shumylo
Physician of Historical past, director of the Athos Heritage Institute
Vadim Sliusar
Physician in Politics. Prof. Zhytomyr
Vasyl Popovych
Dr. Physician of Philosophy, professor, Zaporizhzhia
Mykola Kozlovets
Dr. Physician of Philosophy, prof., Zhytomyr
Nadiya Volik
Physician of Historical past, affiliate professor, Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk Nationwide Pedagogical College
Yulia Shabanova
Physician of Philosophy, Prof. Head of the Division of Philosophy and Pedagogy of the Nationwide Mining College “Dniprov Polytechnic”
Pavlo Yamchuk
Physician of Philosophy, Prof., Uman Nationwide College, College of Horticulture
Maxim Vasin
Bachelor of Legal guidelines, government Director of the IRS (Institute of Spiritual Freedom)
Nadia Rusko
Ph.D. Physician of Philosophy, Affiliate Professor of the Division of Social Sciences, Ivano-Frankivsk Nationwide Technical College of Oil and Gasoline
Andriy Tyshchenko
Physician of Philosophy, Kharkiv
Volodymyr Popov
Physician of Philosophy, Professor, Donetsk College, Vinnytsia
Lyudmila Babenko
Physician of Historical past, Prof. Poltava Pedagogical College
Oleksandra Kovalenko
Kyiv, Open Orthodox College
Natalya Pavlyk
Institute of Pedagogical Schooling of NASU
Ruslan Khalikov
Ph.D. in spiritual research, member of UARR (Ukrainian Affiliation of Spiritual Research), WASR (Workshop for the Tutorial Research of Religions), writer.
Vitalii Shchepanskyi
Ph.D. in spiritual research, member of WASR.
Anton Leshchynskyi
MA in spiritual research, member of WASR.
Ihor Kolesnyk
PhD, assistant professor, Ivan Franko Nationwide College of Lviv
Uliana Sevastianiv
Ph. D. in spiritual research, member of WASR, lecturer of the Stepan Gzhytskyi Nationwide College of Veterinary Medication and Biotechnology of Lviv
Oleg Kyselov
Ph.D. in spiritual research, member of WASRr and UARR, Senior Researcher, Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy, NASU.
Olena Mishalova
Ph.D. in social philosophy and philosophy of historical past, member of WASR, affiliate professor, Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical College.
Olha Mukha
Ph.D. in philosophy, member of WASR, Head of Instructional and Informational Division of Memorial Museum “Territory of Terror”
