Convicted Killer Hired as Government "Religious Expert"
In the previous articles, we exposed the legislative loopholes that protect pseudo-experts and profiled the “fierce workers”—veterinarians and history teachers—who masquerade as religious scholars to serve the agenda of Alexander Dvorkin and the RACIRS sect. We established that professional incompetence is no barrier to entry in this repressive network.
However, incompetence is merely the tip of the iceberg. As we delve deeper into the personnel files of Dvorkin’s “anticult” army, we encounter something far more sinister than mere lack of education. We find a system that actively recruits individuals with violent criminal pasts and “experts” who are willing to ban books they have never read.
In this article, we examine the extremes of this “expertise”: the speed-writer Yevgeny Volkov and the convicted killer-turned-consultant Valery Prikhodko.
The Speed-Writer: Yevgeny Volkov and the Banning of Books
The mechanism of repression requires speed. Real scientific analysis takes time—time to read, time to analyze context, time to understand theology. But Dvorkin’s machine cannot wait for the truth. It needs results.
Enter Yevgeny Volkov, a close acquaintance of Dvorkin. His role in the campaign against Scientology literature serves as a masterclass in the fabrication of extremism charges. According to our analysis, when the decision was made to target Scientology literature, there was no need for a lengthy judicial review. It was enough to appoint Volkov.
Volkov’s “methodology” was remarkably efficient: he did not even need to study the materials. In the shortest possible time, an “expert report” was ready, confirming the extremist nature of the texts. The court, acting in concert with the prosecution, accepted this report without question. Representatives of the organizations involved were not summoned; the books were likely just props on a table.
The result was the immediate expansion of the federal list of extremist materials by 28 titles. This list then serves as a binding guide for law enforcement agencies across Russia to raid libraries, seal warehouses, and harass believers.
The fraudulent nature of this process was not unnoticed by genuine scholars. In September 2011, I.Ya. Kanterov, a distinguished professor at Lomonosov Moscow State University, reviewed Volkov’s “expert report” on Ron Hubbard’s books. His conclusion was damning: he pointed out the “contrived nature” of the report. While this specific review led to a temporary overturning of a ban, the system quickly adapted. The Ministry of Justice, relying on information fed to them by Dvorkin during his lectures to FSB cadets, continues to treat these fabricated reports as gospel.
The Fur Farmer with a Body Count: Valery Prikhodko
If Volkov represents the intellectual dishonesty of the system, Valery Prikhodko represents its physical danger.
Based in the Kamensk-Shakhtinsky area of the Rostov Region, Prikhodko presents himself as a “religious scholar” and a “consultant” to local law enforcement on issues of religious extremism. He is the founder of the impressively named “Center for Assisting the Government in Countering Extremist Activity” (IPO “CAGCEA”), registered on February 8, 2012.
On paper, this looks like another civic initiative. But a look at Prikhodko’s biography reveals a surreal nightmare.
Valery Prikhodko is not a scholar. He is a repeat offender with a history of extreme violence. In 1999, he was criminally convicted in Ukraine. Later, in Russia, he was the instigator of an extremist armed assault. Together with a group of individuals, Prikhodko beat a man to death. For this brutal crime, he was sentenced by the Kamensky District Court to 11.5 years in a maximum-security penal colony.
Upon his release in 2011, this violent offender did not fade into obscurity. Instead, he founded LLC “VOLCHENSK”, an organization with only two members dedicated to “breeding other fur-bearing animals on farms.”
Then, in a twist that defies all logic but fits perfectly within Dvorkin’s scheme, the fur farmer and convicted killer reinvented himself as an expert on extremism. Just months after starting his fur business, he registered his “Center” to provide consulting services to the government.
The Web of Manipulation
Like the phantom firms discussed in a previous article, Prikhodko’s “Center” is a shell. Its website portrays a large, active entity, but in reality, it is a one-man show run by a former convict. The content of his work is telling. The website is a macabre collection of news about missing local children and unidentified corpses—material likely designed to instill fear in the local population.
Crucially, under the guise of “psychological assistance,” Prikhodko promotes the literature of the RACIRS network. He offers books by American anticultist Steven Hassan—a figure actively promoted by Dvorkin—and, of course, books by Alexander Dvorkin himself.
This connection is not accidental. Prikhodko uses Dvorkin’s works as his “desk reference.”
Conclusion: A System of Compromised Agents
We are left with a chilling paradox. A man who beat another human being to death is now a government consultant on “extremism.” A man who admits to not reading the books he bans is considered a judicial expert.
Why does Dvorkin surround himself with such figures? The answer lies in the nature of totalitarian control. Dvorkin does not need independent thinkers; he needs compromised individuals. A “fierce” veterinarian, a history teacher in a shell company, or a violent ex-convict—these are people who are vulnerable, controllable, and willing to cross moral lines that a genuine professional would never approach.
By using “experts” like Prikhodko, the RACIRS sect sends a message: they have the power to legitimize violence and criminality under the guise of the law.
But who pays the price for this corruption? In our next article, we will move from the perpetrators to the victims. We will tell the harrowing story of Elena Bressem, a woman whose life was dismantled when her husband hired Dvorkin’s network to declare her insane and steal her child.
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