Photo: ISL Paladins/Telegram
In September 2025, far-right leaders from Europe and Latin America met in St. Petersburg to launch a new extremist alliance, the International Sovereigntist League Paladins.
Photo: ISL Paladins/Telegram
What made the meeting unusual was its religious backing, following a mass procession led by Russian Orthodox Church head Patriarch Kirill.
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill leading the procession preceding the ISL Paladin conference. Photo: ISL Paladins/Telegram
ISL Paladins promote a “white Christian” world, rejecting coexistence, praising violence, and portraying democracy, human rights, and pluralism as enemies.
Hungary’s 64 County Movement (HVIM) youth weapons training. Photo: HVIM/Telegram
The conference was opened by sanctioned Russian billionaire Konstantin Malofeev, often called the “Orthodox oligarch,” alongside Kremlin-aligned ideologue Alexander Dugin.
Photo: Vedomosti
The story is not just about extremism. It is about how religion, state power, and far-right ideology are being fused to legitimize violence, inside Russia and far beyond it.
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