In the early 1990s a group of supporters of a revival of old-Russian pagan beliefs started to
call itself 'Internal Predictor of the USSR.' They later initiated a political movement named
'Towards God's Rule' and the so-called Conceptual Party 'Unification.' They assert that their
doctrine of Russian society's security called 'Dead Water ' will cure all wounds of Russia
like magic and guarantee the well-being and prosperity of the Russian people. The expressions
of modern Russian neo-paganism are usually considered to be marginal and insignificant
phenomena. However the group of high-ranking military men university teachers and converted
communist functionaries analyzed here has succeeded to raise considerable attention and respect
for pagan ideology in Russian society. This has made a certain impression on a number of
representatives of the Russian political elite including deputies of the State Duma and
employees of the special services. The peculiar version of neo-pagan ideology analyzed here is
a result of a re-formulation of Stalinist ideology. It has cut off its Marxist roots and
incorporates religious mysticism the theory of a world-wide conspiracy some fantastic
assertions about Russian culture various borrowings from Nazism references to the wisdom of
the Koran and a conceptual approach to modern theories of management complemented with
para-scientific economic theorizing. The exotic doctrine of the 'Internal Predictor' has had a
certain resonance in post-Soviet Russia. After a noisy propaganda campaign before the elections
to the State Duma in 2003 the movement propagating 'Dead Water' was extensively covered by the
Russian press. However it has not been the subject of in-depth research so far.(in Russian
language)
