Abstract
The article deals with post-Soviet Russian anti-cultism (anti-cult or Countercult movement) and presents its periodization regarding the impact of anti-cultism on the formation of state-confessional relations in the Russian Federation. The dynamic growing of anti-cultism in Russian politics shows that it brings xenophobia towards religious minorities, causes denominational splits and conflicts, marginalizes and discriminates the followers of the socalled ‘sects’. Anti-cultism as an ideological foundation for the state-church relationships in the multi-religious Russian society inevitably causes conflicts and enhances persecution against religious minorities.
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