Several people, including the leader of the organization "Christian State - Holy Russia" Alexander Kalinin, were detained and taken to the police as part of a criminal case on setting fire to cars near the office of the lawyer of the film "Matilda" Alexei Uchitel Konstanin Dobrynin.

"On suspicion of arson, three people were detained - one in Moscow, two in the Lipetsk region," a law enforcement source told Interfax.

According to the interlocutor of the agency, a native of Transnistria is suspected of organizing the crime. The procedural status of Kalinin has not yet been determined, he is still being questioned. The Gazeta.Ru source believes that the public figure was detained in connection with his calls to burn down cinemas.

- Konstantin Dobrinin (@k_dobrinin) 20 September 2017

"As part of the investigation of the criminal case, during the operational search measures, the employees of the Center for Countering Extremism, together with the Criminal Investigation Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow, identified three persons suspected of committing this crime. One of the suspects was detained on the territory of Moscow, and two others - on the territory of the Lipetsk region ", - confirmed to TASS the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Irina Volk.

She clarified that "one of the suspects was detained on the territory of Moscow, and the other two - on the territory of the Lipetsk region." According to her, searches were carried out in the places of residence of the detainees, during which objects that were important for the investigation of the criminal case were seized.

"Kalinin has been detained in the Lipetsk region, the issue of initiating a criminal case against him under the article on inciting hatred or enmity is being considered," added an Interfax source in law enforcement agencies.

A RIA Novosti source in law enforcement agencies said that the detainees were suspected of involvement not only in arson, but also in the "mining" of a shopping center. "At present, the detainees are making confessions. Their involvement in the" arson of two cars near the office of a company that provides legal assistance to the director of the film "Matilda" Alexei Uchitel has been established. In addition, the detainees made a call about the "mining" of the Cheryomushki shopping center in Vladivostok, "the agency's interlocutor specified.

According to him, the members of the organization were detained on Tuesday evening in Moscow and on Wednesday morning in the town of Gryazi, Lipetsk region. The suspects lived with forged documents. During the searches, extremist literature, leaflets "Burn For Matilda," containers with a combustible mixture were seized from them.

Poklonskaya hastened to ascribe merit in the fight against extremism

State Duma deputy Natalya Poklonskaya, leading a targeted fight against the film "Matilda", said in a commentary to RBC that Kalinin was detained at her deputy's request. "Just at my parliamentary request addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs and the Prosecutor General to take measures of a criminal procedural nature against persons who are radically inclined with signs of extremism (including the fact of distributing leaflets about arson, threats, etc.), decisions were made, the assessment of which authorized to give by the supervisory authority, "- she said.

Poklonskaya made it clear that she considered it necessary to strengthen the measures of law enforcement officers directed against "any manifestations of extremism", and stressed that she "condemned and condemns" any manifestation of violence. "The absolutely legal situation with the film" Matilda "is used by someone for purposes that have nothing to do with protecting our history and faith. The manifestation of extremism in this matter is part of a certain plan aimed at destabilizing society, disuniting people, discrediting Orthodox believers." - she added.

Konstantin Dobrynin, in a conversation with RBC, called Poklonskaya's statement about her role in the detention of suspects "the funniest news of today."

The lawyer noted that the people's darling "should simply keep quiet modestly," because first of all, in his opinion, for the detention of Kalinin "it is worth to thank colleagues from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB, who have finally responded to our latest statements." Dobrynin also noted the role of deputies Irina Rodnina and Oksana Pushkina, as well as Senator Andrei Klishas, ​​who really made official inquiries and "made the state machine start working."

The lawyer advised Poklonskaya to "think about her behavior" and "stop separating society and causing confusion."

Earlier, the lawyer Konstantin Dobrynin repeatedly appealed to Federal Service security in connection with the incoming threats from the Christian State - Holy Russia movement, which systematically opposes the screening of Matilda. So, Alexander Kalinin talked about the existence of people who want to "break the legs" of the director of the film, "put him on a stake", and also oust from the post of Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky, who advocates for the film.

The head of the Orthodox fanatics himself emphasized that he did not threaten anyone, but only warned about the existence of "disaffected people." Kalinin boasted of the fact that the Ministry of Internal Affairs had refused to initiate criminal cases 47 times because of letters sent to cinemas by members of the organization.

Uchitel's lawyer has already turned to the FSB with a request to check whether the opponent of "Matilda" does not support the State Duma deputy Natalya Poklonskaya with the extremists in order to change the constitutional order. State Duma deputies Irina Rodnina and Oksana Pushkina September 13 sent the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation requested to check the opponents of the film "Matilda" from the KhG / SR and "Forty forties" for extremism.

On September 4, Uchitel accused Poklonskaya of supporting "terrorist organizations" because of the arson of a cinema in Yekaterinburg, which, according to some media reports, the attacker allegedly committed in protest against the film "Matilda". On September 11, unknown persons set fire to several cars near Dobrynin's Moscow office, leaving a note "Burn for Matilda."

As a result of the threats that come to cinemas, distributors refuse to show the film, in particular, the organizers of the sixth Trans-Baikal Film Festival did this. Cinemas in Kamchatka, Krasnoyarsk and Nizhny Novgorod... "Matilda" was not brought to the Chita Film Festival out of fear for local cinemas.

Alexander Kalinin, representative of the Christian State - Holy Russia movement. Youtube screenshot

The 33-year-old leader of the Christian State - Holy Russia (KhGSR) movement Alexander Kalinin in social networks today openly declares: calls with messages about the "mining" of cinemas in the regions of Russia are a demonstration of the capabilities of his supporters - Orthodox activists, outraged by the upcoming screening of the Teacher's film "Matilda". Actually, there will be no show, Kalinin is convinced: distributors will not risk the lives of viewers and will voluntarily refuse to show.

The largest Moscow cinema chains, indeed, a few days earlier announced that the film would not be shown due to the threats received.

Meanwhile, Kalinin talks in an interview with the media about the fanaticism and the large number of his supporters: like martyrs, they are ready to give their lives to prevent the "blasphemers" from culture. “Every day it will be like this: they will show a film in a cinema, tomorrow it will burn. They will show the film in another - and it will burn, ”Kalinin speaks. On the youtube-channel "KhGSR" posted video of the arson of the Yekaterinburg cinema an Orthodox activist who spoke out against "Matilda" (with a postscript: "Think, blasphemers!"). There are also the consequences of the recent arson of two cars near the office of Teacher's lawyer Konstantin Dobrynin.

Why do activists of the Christian State - Holy Russia movement and its leader feel their impunity by publishing open threats on the Internet and broadcasting them in interviews? " New Newspaper»Tells what is known about the movement, its goals and methods.

To like in Iran

According to Kalinin, "Christian State" emerged in 2010 as a "brotherly network" of believers, which did not set itself the task of "fighting any" Matildas "or schizophrenics", but was going to give a fanatical rebuff to no less fanatical Islamic terrorism.

At the same time, the ideal social structure of Russia, which the activists of the movement preach, most of all resembles just the totalitarian societies of the Middle Eastern Islamic countries. And the very name of the organization directly refers to the "Islamic State" banned in Russia. Russia as an "Orthodox Iran" is a society in which criminal liability for "lack of culture and immorality" has been introduced, as well as swearing and insulting feelings are prohibited, Kalinin reflects in an interview with Meduza.

The news of the filming of a film defaming the memory of the last Russian emperor, recognized by the ROC as a "passion-bearer", forced the "fraternal network" to switch to a new enemy - "blasphemers". According to Kalinin, 4000 people wrote an application to join the organization during the Matilda scandal, and each of them "wants to prove himself in the right way." The total number of participants in the movement, judging by its website, is 4713.

Kalinin denies direct involvement in the arson of the Matilda cinemas: the video was allegedly sent to him by the “brothers”, and the Lord personally entrusted the mission to “relay” the position of society to the man. Kalinin calls the burning of cars “the little things of life,” and assures that the unnamed brothers could have burned “much more,” although he denies any involvement of the organization in this.

Kalinin has already watched the film "Matilda" - in the form of a screen copy, filmed by pirates during a preview in Vladivostok. "Nothing good" in the film - the activist reviews the film. The choice for the main role of Lars Eidinger, who starred naked in Peter Greenaway's film "Goltzius and the Pelican Company", was a "spat in the soul of an Orthodox person".

Orthodoxy is not only kisses

Site " Christian state", According to Kalinin, just on the eve of the interview," Meduza "was subjected to a hacker attack and is now not available. "They ( hackers. — Ed.) they destroyed the entire platform, they stirred everything up, ”he complains. However, a copy of the resource is cached by Google.

The website of the "Christian State" greets visitors with the inscription "Remember death" and a screensaver with falling snow.

The main page of the "KhGSR" website, saved in the Google cache

On the site, you can order online prayers for peace and health, as well as “be s paid "handmade icon. (There is a widespread belief among Orthodox fundamentalists that the prefix "devil" was artificially introduced by Lenin and Lunacharsky during the spelling reform in order to force the Russian people to praise Satan in writing).

The "Contacts" section contains the address "g. Moscow, st. B. Polyanka, 30 ", skype, mobile and landline phone numbers.

On the website of "Holy Russia" you can also see the "Appeal to the Honored Artist of Russia Alexei Uchitel" (in fact, in 2002, the Teacher was awarded the title of "People's", not "Honored" Artist). The director is encouraged to "repent and turn to the Lord."

The site has a section "Regional organizations \ Charter \ Objectives", but it is impossible to get acquainted with it without entering a password.

Kalinin himself has profiles in the main social networks, he actively exploits the role of a video blogger: on his

Konstantin Dobrynin. Kalinin was detained the day before, on September 19, along with two of his alleged accomplices. The operation took place simultaneously in Moscow and Lipetsk.

Alexander Kalinin faces up to five years in prison

A law enforcement source said that Orthodox radicals are suspected of committing a crime under Part 2 of Article 167 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Intentional destruction or damage to property"). The maximum liability under this article is up to five years in prison.

Dobrynin's car was burned more than a week ago

On September 11, the Moscow police on the beginning of an investigation into the circumstances of the arson of two cars in the city center. The burned-out cars were parked in the immediate vicinity of the office of the lawyer Konstantin Dobrynin, who represents the interests of the director Alexei Uchitel.

The police who arrived at the scene found the victims of the fire Honda and Mercedes. According to the source of "Lenta.ru", the burned-out Mercedes belonged to Konstantin Dobrynin. At the same time, the lawyer himself said that the burned-out cars belonged to residents of nearby houses. He spoke about the arson on his Facebook page, attaching to the post photos of burned cars, around which were scattered leaflets with the phrase "For Matilda to burn."

KhGSR leader blamed Matilda's opponents for the wave of telephone terrorism

September 13 Alexander Kalinin on his page in the social network "In contact with" posted a post describing the threatening calls that had resulted in the evacuation of schools, shopping centers and other institutions across the country as part of a "pan-Orthodox campaign" against Matilda.

“Due to the wide publicity in the press of the recent telephone threats, the KhGSR considers it its duty to inform the public that on September 10, 2017, information (anonymous letter) was received in the name of the organization from persons unknown to us (anonymous letter) that these persons will conduct some“ information attacks on cinemas and infrastructure facilities of the Russian Federation "as part of the" pan-Orthodox campaign "against the movie" Matilda "," the post says.

The arson of the lawyer's car is not the first act of aggression on the part of the czar-worshipers

The film "Matilda" tells about the relationship between the future emperor and the ballerina. The film provoked discontent among some of the radical believers who venerate the last Russian tsar as a saint. The deputy has repeatedly spoken out against the demonstration of the film.

Setting fire to Konstantin Dobrynin's car is not the only act of aggression in the campaign against Matilda. In particular, on September 4 in Yekaterinburg, a man drove into the Kosmos cinema in a car and set it on fire. After the arrest, he complained about his intention to show the film "Matilda" there. It became known that earlier he spoke at a rally against the painting of the Teacher, calling it "porn". However, Christian State said it had nothing to do with this incident.

August 31, that unidentified persons threw Molotov cocktails at the building of the St. Petersburg film studio "Lendok". In the same building with "Lendok" there is a film studio "Rock" directed by Alexei Uchitel.

Natalia Poklonskaya and KhGSR went their separate ways

The organization "Christian State - Holy Russia" made itself known in early 2017, when on behalf of its activists, letters began to arrive in cinemas with threats that if the film "Matilda" was shown, "cinemas would start burning." However, later these messages were called not threats, but only fears that disgruntled citizens might take drastic measures.

At first, the activists of the "Christian State" were ranked among the supporters of Natalia Poklonskaya, but in February 2017, the deputy publicly dissociated herself from the organization, Kalinin's associates in an attempt to discredit and asked the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs to check the KhGSR for extremism. On July 21, it became known that the Moscow prosecutor's office showed signs of violation of the law in the actions of opponents of the film Matilda from among the supporters of the Christian State.

In turn, Alexander Kalinin in early 2017 in an interview that his organization has nothing to do with Poklonskaya and does not share her position. “She is handling her prosecutorial line as it should. We have our own movement, she does not understand it, just as her line is not peculiar to us. We do not support each other, we go on slightly different fronts, ”said the head of the KhGSR.

In an interview with the media, Kalinin reported that the "Christian State" was created in 2010 with the aim of consolidating the Orthodox brotherhood, mutual support and communication on spiritual issues. The emergence of the organization was allegedly supported by monasteries, temples and churches. “There was no task to fight with any 'Matilda' or schizophrenics, - noted the leader of the association, - but after the film appeared, we had to join forces in the fight against this evil."

According to Kalinin, by the beginning of the "matildoppression" the organization consisted of "about 350 active people with families ", and by mid-September" another four thousand people have registered on the site. " At the time of preparation of the material in the group "Christian State - Holy Russia" in the social network "VKontakte" there were 293 registered people.

The leader of the organization "Christian State - Holy Russia" Alexander Kalinin said that the "telephone mining" of schools, shopping centers and other objects, which swept across the country and caused the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, is a "public campaign" against the film "Matilda". Life tells who the leaders of the "Christian State" were before and how they are connected with Ukraine and nationalists.

Recently, an organization that has not yet been known to anyone - and it is not known whether it is an organization at all, or just a network community, since no shares have been listed since 2010 since 2010 - in the last days appeared on the front pages of all Russian newspapers as the Russian analogue of ISIS * (which, by the way, is directly hinted at by the name). Information on the number of its members is contradictory, data on the leaders are almost absent. Nevertheless, a definite picture can be created based on existing information.

As for the leader of the organization, Alexander Kalinin, a couple of years ago he by no means wore a thick beard, so successful for journalists, making him look like Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, preferring a symbolic beard and rather fashionable clothes. And in 2012, the man who is now represented as the leader of Orthodox fundamentalists, did not wear a beard at all and just after clinical death "discovered Jesus Christ"(the wording is quite in the Protestant spirit).

On whether the leader of the "Christian State" has anything to do with the Russian Orthodox Church(ROC), one can judge by his joint photos two years ago with the famous preacher of non-canonical Christianity and critic of the Moscow Patriarchate, Archpriest Joachim Lapkin from Altai Territory, who appears to be a cleric of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR), which has been denied more than once by the hierarchy of the latter.

The leader of the organization (according to his social media accounts and interviews) lives in the Lipetsk region, although he posted a photo of "our temple" with a car with the number of the 36th region (Voronezh region). By the raised hand in the photo, one can assume that he has nationalist views / background, but this is too vague.

Much more interest - in view of the presence of a well-documented political background - is the personality of Miron Kravchenko, who appears in recent statements by the Christian State both as its press secretary and as "the head of the organization for the Central Region, Moscow and the Moscow Region."

According to the information on the website "ArtPolitInfo" dated January 19, 2015, the current speaker of Christian fundamentalists began his career with the magazines Penthouse, "Male View" and "Bear". However, already in 2004 he found himself in the ranks of the Orthodox banner-bearers.

For the first time in the media, a person with such a name and surname atypical for Russian nationalists was mentioned back in 2006, when on April 30 - May 1, nationalists attacked several nightclubs in Moscow, in which events of sexual minorities were announced. Few people remember these events now, meanwhile the conflict was very large-scale - the number of participants from the side of nationalists in each case was no less than fifty strong young guys. At the "Three Monkeys" club, which they blocked on the night of May 1-2, 2006, it came to a mass fight with the arrived OMON, and the "Tematic" club, where a similar event was planned, burned down - according to one version, as a result of deliberate arson.

On May 2, 2006, Kommersant quoted Miron Kravchenko, head of the propaganda department of the Russian National Union (RONS, this organization called for attacks on gay clubs and directed them on the spot), on the purpose of these actions: “We need to stop the propaganda of this unnatural way of life. (gay. - Approx. Life) should think about their behavior. We are Russian people, Orthodox Christians! "

It is worth explaining that at that time RONS was the leading organization for working with ultra-right youth in the capital, acting in 2005 as a co-organizer of the SKAzhi Oi! Concerts popular among football fans, and in the spring of 2006 - initiating large public actions of ultras and skinheads against Hare Krishnas , gays (including the dispersal of the gay pride parade on Tverskaya Street on May 27) and supporters of the legalization of marijuana. Since 2005, RONS summer camps have been held in the Petushinsky district of the Vladimir region for the capital's ultra-right youth, where, under the leadership of the leader of the Spas group and the future “Cherkizovsky terrorist,” Nikola Korolev, young men and women studied knife fighting, throwing grenades and handling a Kalashnikov assault rifle.

The ideology of RONS by that time was expressed in a combination of radical Russian ethnic nationalism with real ultra-conservative religiosity, moreover, sharply opposed to the Russian Orthodox Church.

After August 21, 2006, Korolev, together with his associates (who also exponentially distanced themselves from the ROC and therefore became Old Believers), detonated a homemade bomb in the Cherkizovsky market, the Spas members were quickly arrested, the RONS, who appeared in conjunction with them, underwent pressure from the security forces and lost their positions among the ultra-right.

You can learn more about Kravchenko's further biography from the certificate attached to the mentioned publication on the ArtPolitInfo website: "In 2007<…>moved to the CCV (Central Cossack Host. - Approx. Life) MO (Sergiev Posad village Cossack society). He has the title of esaul, was awarded with insignia, including the medal of the Archangel Michael "For Bravery" and the award cross "For Services to the Cossacks of the IV Art." From 2007 to 2012, on the basis of the Cossacks, he was engaged in organizing and conducting children's and youth, Orthodox, military-patriotic camps, on the basis of which the creation of the "Cadet Cossack Corps in the name of Tsarevich Dimitri and Alexy" (later closed by the authorities of the Russian Federation, as a potentially extremist community). Later he edited and typeset the military newspaper of the Sergiev Posad military stanitsa Cossack society. "

These are the ones whose chieftain Pavel Turukhin publicly called himself a "Russian Orthodox fascist", on whose uniforms were eagles holding swastika-shaped "Kolovrat" eagles (suspiciously similar to those on the uniforms of the Wehrmacht), and in the published newspaper "Bulletin of the Warriors of Christ" it was called upon to hang "the Soviet bastard to the singing of Horst Wessel ".

Further from the same "Artpolitinfo" reference about Kravchenko: "In 2011–12, he was organizing the Russian movement in the North, in Murmansk, on the basis of the local cell of the Great Russia party created by him. Together with the PNDO and New Force organizations, he hosted active participation in the first in the region "Russian March".

As for the unregistered party "Great Russia" by Andrei Savelyev, during its creation a significant part of the activists of the "Black Hundred" Alexander Shtilmark joined it and, in general, this party demonstrated an orientation towards religiosity, choosing the labarum of Constantine the Great as its symbol. At the same time, even representatives of the nationalists subjected the "Great Russians" to a public boycott for the black uniform elected in the party, suspiciously similar to the SS uniform.

As for the branch of the unregistered party "New Force" of Valery Solovy, this is more interesting because, firstly, a number of its prominent activists - such as the artist Anatoly Pashinin and the head of the Belgorod branch Roman Strigunkov - joined the Bandera supporters during the Maidan. Secondly, because in 2012, Alexander Valov (well known as an ardent neo-Nazi and participant in street violence) was a member of the leadership of the Murmansk organizing committee of the New Force, who in September 2014 also emigrated to Ukraine and joined the Azov regiment there.

It is in this context that Miron Kravchenko reappears in the public field.

Press conference "Lessons and results of the Kiev Maidan a year later. The possibility of implementing a revolutionary scenario and civil war in Russia" will be held on January 30, at 15:00 (local time) in Kiev, in the hotel "Rus"<…>The event is being held by the forces of Russian nationalists, both in exile and those who came from Russia, - reported on January 22, 2015 on the website "ArtPolitInfo". - Russian nationalists will speak at the press conference: Roman Strigunkov - an active participant in the Kiev Maidan; Miron Kravchenko - publicist, coordinator of the discussion platform "Russian Club in Ukraine"; and Yuri Gorsky - chief editor of Artpolitinfo.<…>The Ukrainian side is expected to attend the event: Dmytro Korchinsky, activists of the battalion "Azov" and "Right Sector" * and other significant figures of the ATO.

Apparently, at about this time, the photos of Kravchenko that appeared on the Internet the other day (with thick hair and a thick beard) were taken next to the flag of the "Right Sector" and representatives of the organization "Russian-Speaking Ukrainian Nationalists" (RUN), the peak of which was for 2014 - early 2015.

On July 31, 2015, a presentation of the Anti-Putin Information Front of Peoples was held at the press center of the Ukrainian Information Service (Kiev), which was attended mainly by representatives of Caucasian national organizations, "Intermanland separatists" ... and this "Russian nationalist".

I propose not to use the term "Russian", the phrase "Russian troops", etc. After all, Putin only wants that in Ukraine, the occupation troops are associated with Russians (Russians). The use of this term plays up to the Kremlin propaganda: the President of the Russian Federation will play his favorite card - the card of "Russophobia in Ukraine", which will even more set the Russian population against the Ukrainians, and therefore will allow to replenish the Russian troops in the Donbas with another cannon fodder, - said at this event the already growing Cossack forelock Kravchenko, presented as the head of the Russian émigré club.

So, and just yesterday I created a party called "Great Russia" ...

However, after some time, Kravchenko found himself in Russia again and revived his cooperation (at least on the informational level) with Igor Artyomov.

Finally, I can add a few words about the real impact of the organization, which journalists are savoring every day. According to its representatives (in general, only two of them are known - Kravchenko and Kalinin - which is somehow hard to believe for a structured regional structure), there are thousands of people in it, however, videos on the organization's channel hardly collect a couple of thousand views, and the page Kalinin in the social network "VKontakte", even after the rise of the hype, a little more than five thousand users signed up. The organization, which allegedly exists since 2010, has not held a single public action, has not reported on participation in any prayer meeting or procession(which, to put it mildly, is not typical in this environment). On the other hand, I am ready to take responsibility even for the recent "mining" of shopping centers in Moscow by telephone terrorists.

* Organizations are banned in Russia The Supreme Court RF.

That several people, including the leader of the Christian State, were taken to the police as part of an investigation into a criminal case of setting fire to cars parked near the office of Konstantin Dobrynin, the lawyer of Alexei Uchitel. The interlocutor of the agency clarified that one person was detained in Moscow, and two more - in the Lipetsk region.

In addition, Kalinin is being questioned as part of the case. "Its procedural status has not yet been determined," said the source of Interfax.

Later, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia confirmed to TASS the fact of the arrest of three suspects in arson of cars at the office of the lawyer Dobrynin. The official representative of the department Irina Volk, in particular, said that one of the suspects was detained in the capital, and two others - in the Lipetsk region, and that searches were carried out at the place of residence of the detainees.

On September 11, lawyer Konstantin Dobrynin said that unknown persons set fire to cars near the office of the Pen & Paper Bar Association in Starokonyushenny Lane in Moscow, where he works. At the site of the arson, notes were found with the inscription:.

“If the FSB asks for an [recording] interview, they will understand that Meduza lied. I gave an example that under Ivan the Terrible, such people would have broken their legs 300 years ago and, perhaps, put them on a stake. And they made an interview that I would have put him on a stake, ”said Kalinin.

"Christian State - Holy Russia"

The organization "Christian State - Holy Russia" has a website that is not yet available, and YouTube channel, to which about 26 thousand people are subscribed. The first video was published in August 2012. Among the videos there are many videos with answers to questions, for example, "Is it possible for an [Orthodox] to put on makeup and use makeup" or "can one become obsessed through horror films."

In connection with the activities of the "Christian State", the media often mention the head of the organization, Alexander Kalinin from Lipetsk, who calls himself "Christian Alexander", and Miron Kravchenko, who is sometimes called the press secretary, then the head of the central department.

The organization attracted attention in January 2017, when, in which it called to prevent the screening of the film by Alexei Uchitel. “Any banner, poster, flyer with information about the rental of the film“ Matilda ”will be considered as your desire to humiliate the saints of the Orthodox Church and a provocation to the“ Russian Maidan, ”the letter said.

Soon Dmitry Peskov called such actions unacceptable. According to him, the organization "Christian State - Holy Russia" is not registered by the Ministry of Justice. "That is, in fact, we are talking about," - said then the press secretary of the president.

In February 2017, Kravchenko said that the "Christian State" includes about 300 people and there are those who are ready to join, "there are thousands of them." He noted that the organization is not connected with the deputy Poklonskaya: “We are not yet acting in tandem, because each must advance along his own front. We indicate the intentions of the activists, it comes to the prosecutor's office. "

Natalia Poklonskaya herself criticized the activities of the "Christian State": "The actions of this organization are aimed at discrediting the Orthodox and the Russian Orthodox Church."