Editing Christian fundamentalism (section)

=== In Russia ===
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In [[Russia]], Christian fundamentalism is often based around the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] or the [[Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church]]. Orthodox Christian fundamentalism was often connected strongly to a sense of [[Russian nationalism]], since the Russian Orthodox Church often has a strong connection to the [[Government of Russia|Russian state]]. This Church-state connection has arguably existed since the time of [[Vladimir the Great]]'s conversion.

In 2013, [[composer]] Andrei Kormukhin and [[athlete]] Vladimir Nosov founded the Orthodox fundamentalist and [[Conservative Christianity|conservative Christian]] organization known as the [[Sorok Sorokov Movement]]. The Sorok Sorokov Movement was founded in reaction to [[Pussy Riot]]'s 2012 protests, which were themselves against increasingly [[Social conservatism|socially conservative]] policies in Russia, including moves towards [[Domestic violence in Russia#Decriminalization|decriminalizing wifebeating]] and [[Russian anti-LGBTQ law|criminalizing homosexuality]]. The Sorok Sorokov Movement has received support from many [[priest]]s of the Russian Orthodox Church, most notably [[Clerical celibacy#Rules for Christian clergy|celebrate]] priest [[Vsevolod Chaplin]]. Chaplin in particular supported the creation of "Orthodox squads" in order to punish people from carrying out "blasphemous acts" in religious places. Some have argues that the Sorok Sorkov Movement has been involved in protecting the construction of Russian Orthodox churches in [[Moscow]], though the facts have been hard to verify with this. Just as many sources have argued that these acts were more in line with violent [[vigilantism]] against LGBT people in Russia.<ref name="medium.com">{{cite web |title=Analysis: Sexism, homophobia, and anti-Western narratives on Russian social media |url=https://medium.com/dfrlab/analysis-sexism-homophobia-and-anti-western-narratives-on-russian-social-media-30d1dee5aafd |website=DFRLab |language=en |date=3 June 2020}}</ref> The Sorok Sorokov Movement has also been connected to the [[Far-right politics in Russia|Russian far-right]], including [[Neo-Nazism in Russia|neo-Nazis]] and [[Third Position]]ists.<ref name="medium.com"/> The Sorok Sorokov Movement has its own political party as well, called [[For the Family (political party)|For the Family]].

Many [[Far-right politics in Russia|far-right Russian]] [[Christian nationalism#Russia|Christian nationalists]] have been highly supportive of [[Russo-Ukraine War|Russia's unprovoked war with Ukraine]]. One such group supportive of Russian Orthodox Christian fundamentalist-nationalism is the [[Union of Orthodox Banner-Bearers]]. Known for their [[book burning]]s and [[Political demonstration|political rallies]], their primary goal is to see [[Monarchism in Russia|a return of the Russian Tsar as supreme autocrat of Russia]].<ref name="widerimage.reuters.com">{{cite news |title=Russian Orthodox nationalists hope for tsar's return |url=https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/russian-orthodox-nationalists-hope-for-tsars-return |website=Reuters |language=en}}</ref> The group as a particular affinity for [[Nicolas II|Tsar Nicolas II]].<ref name="widerimage.reuters.com"/> The group has at times referred to [[President of Russia|Russian president]] [[Vladimir Putin]] as a modern Tsar, though it is unclear as to whether or not this is a message of support for Putin or not.<ref>{{cite web |title=Russian nationalists hope for return of a czar |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/russian-nationalists-hope-return-czar/story?id=57133945 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref>