Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Alexander Leonidovich Dvorkin (Russian: Александр Леонидович Дворкин; born 20 August 1955, Moscow) is a Russian-American anti-cult activist, former clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church, president of the Saint Ireneus of Lyons Informational Consultative Center, an anti-cult organisation affiliated to the Russian Orthodox Church and since 2009 Vice-President of European Federation of Centres of Research and Information on Sectarianism (FECRIS), umbrella organization for anti-cult groups in Europe.Dvorkin graduated Doctor of Philosophy in 1983 at the Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Crestwood, New York. He has appeared on Russian television.In 1993 with blessing of Patriarch Alexy II he established Russian anti-cult organization currently called Association of Centres for the Study of Religions and Sects (RATsIRS). From that time on he is extremely active in opposing non-Orthodox religions and movements through his publications.Dvorkin is a critic of Scientology, which he regards as a dangerous cult. Church of Scientology-affiliated organizations describe him as an "anti-religious extremist," and compile negative information about him on their websites. In 1997, Scientology and several other new religious movements sued Dvorkin and the Russian Orthodox Church for defamation, but their case was dismissed.Dvorkin claimed that the followers of Nikolai Rerikh and the religious communities of Yakov Krotov and Grigori Kochetkov are “totalitarian sects”. "When a psychiatrist-academician (Dmitrieva, Sidorov) or an expert-psychologist of the Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Sciences rely on the works by Dvorkin and Hassan, which do not belong to science, it is a symptom of degradation," said Yuri Savenko, the President of the Independent Psychiatric Association of Russia.Alexander Leonidovich Dvorkin initiated the Bhagavad Gita trial in Russia, seeking to ban the book by ISKCON.On March 21, 2012, the Russian appeals court rejected Dvorkin's petition and also upheld the decision of the lower court,.. }
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- Alexander_Dvorkin abstract "Alexander Leonidovich Dvorkin (Russian: Александр Леонидович Дворкин; born 20 August 1955, Moscow) is a Russian-American anti-cult activist, former clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church, president of the Saint Ireneus of Lyons Informational Consultative Center, an anti-cult organisation affiliated to the Russian Orthodox Church and since 2009 Vice-President of European Federation of Centres of Research and Information on Sectarianism (FECRIS), umbrella organization for anti-cult groups in Europe.Dvorkin graduated Doctor of Philosophy in 1983 at the Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Crestwood, New York. He has appeared on Russian television.In 1993 with blessing of Patriarch Alexy II he established Russian anti-cult organization currently called Association of Centres for the Study of Religions and Sects (RATsIRS). From that time on he is extremely active in opposing non-Orthodox religions and movements through his publications.Dvorkin is a critic of Scientology, which he regards as a dangerous cult. Church of Scientology-affiliated organizations describe him as an "anti-religious extremist," and compile negative information about him on their websites. In 1997, Scientology and several other new religious movements sued Dvorkin and the Russian Orthodox Church for defamation, but their case was dismissed.Dvorkin claimed that the followers of Nikolai Rerikh and the religious communities of Yakov Krotov and Grigori Kochetkov are “totalitarian sects”. "When a psychiatrist-academician (Dmitrieva, Sidorov) or an expert-psychologist of the Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Sciences rely on the works by Dvorkin and Hassan, which do not belong to science, it is a symptom of degradation," said Yuri Savenko, the President of the Independent Psychiatric Association of Russia.Alexander Leonidovich Dvorkin initiated the Bhagavad Gita trial in Russia, seeking to ban the book by ISKCON.On March 21, 2012, the Russian appeals court rejected Dvorkin's petition and also upheld the decision of the lower court,.".