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Ha-ha! I Soviet times, there was a "museum of atheism" in Russia, as I know, in St.Peterbourg. And there was a portrait of La Vey - signed "the man, who fight against religion in capitalistic U.S. (!)"

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Thanks for the explanation. Generally speaking, people in this country believe that if you get a chill you will get sick. Not true, but there you have it.

That is very cool about the portrait of Dr. Lavey! I like the caption of it also.


Hail Satan!
Hail the man who fought against the lies of religion in capitalistic US!

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Russian Parliament voted to condemn the display and encouraged authorities to "take necessary measures." President Vladimir Putin's spiritual advisor Father Tikhon Shevkunov called the artists "disease-carrying bacteria" against whom "society is using antigens."

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So this wasn't just local authorities siding with the priests... (that was my original assumption) it was the Parliament itself!

Truly crazy.

And Vladimir Putin has a "spiritual advisor"? I was joking when I mentioned Rasputin, but heh, I suppose it all fits.

Of course, "spiritual advisors" for presidents is nothing new here in the USA.

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Was the art stylized like that on purpose-- a sort of way to identify the dangers of religion with the dangers of radiation?

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But not La Vey's portrait. It was kept by one guy, Satanist, who, as I know, worked in that museum. He take this portrait in best Satanic traditions - no one there need this picture anymore, and they didn't know, what to do with it.

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