Abstract After a spiritual epiphany, the Sakha shaman Alexander Gabyshev became prominent in 2018–2020 by calling Vladimir Putin an authoritarian demon. Critiquing Russia's corrupt society through internet and protest march, rose to civic leadership with multiethnic sympathizers. This article explains why popular, how he threat authorities, especially influential Russian Orthodox elites. Alexan...

The Women’s March on Washington in 2017, organized protest of the 2016 election American president Donald Trump, spawned a worldwide movement. Two years later, women more than thirty c...