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2 Times, 14 Nov 2016, p.6
, 8 Mar 2017; ; Tsar Nicholas II and his murdered family were made Orthodox saints in 2000. Poklonskaya is allegedly linked to the ultra-Orthodox tsaresbozhniki cult which worships the dead Romanovs as demi-gods who sacrificed themselves to atone for Russia’s sins. One acolyte, high on “divine instruction”, rammed an explosive-laden truck into a cinema