Thread by @DawnofMercy

Sohrab Ahmari, Adrian Vermeule, Rod Dreher, Patrick Deneen--what do these have in common?

Besides boosting Tucker Carlson & demonizing those who are anti-Putin, all are tied to the pro-Putin Ordo Iuris.

See this prescient January article from @Reset_Oby:
resetobywatelski.pl/ordo-iuris-and…

"What does the Kremlin need [Ordo Iuris] for? To take over governments in Europe, or at least to lead the West to the verge of a religious and ideological war." -- @KSuchanow. The article shows how Putin's pal Vladimir Yakunin is a major Ordo Iuris funder.
resetobywatelski.pl/ordo-iuris-and…

The same article shows how Ordo Iuris was spun off from TFP. I highly recommend following @rightscholar and reading his @Where_Peter_is coverage of TFP's dangerous ideology: wherepeteris.com/tfp-ideology-p…

Here are links to information about an Ordo Iuris event last year where Ahmari, Vermeule, Deneen, and Dreher all participated:

en.ordoiuris.pl/education/spac…

dorzeczy.pl/kraj/186438/ko…

Follow the pro-Putin money.

Here are tweets from Ahmari & Pappin on Ordo Iuris, and a photo from Ordo Iuris fundraiser Dominik Jabs showing him with Ahmari.

Jabs gathers $$ from Putin pals Konstantin Malofeev and Vlad Yakunin. Malofeev is a monarchist who wants Putin to be a Tsar: ft.com/content/63e034…

And look who was the first follower of the head of Ordo Iuris's college initiative! If Vermeule is taking $$ from them, it's coming from hands stained with Ukrainian blood.

Here are more links on the money trail of Ordo Iuris, which is funded by Russian oligarchs & which has close ties w/Ahmari, Pappin, Vermeule, Dreher, & Deneen.
See the next tweet for a personal comment on the sources of this info.

vsquare.org/ordo-iuris-and…

oursplatform.org/wp-content/upl…

As a Catholic who upholds Church teaching on sexuality & the dignity of all human life, I wish we didn't have to rely on pro-choice orgs to research the Putin ties of radical conservative orgs. But there's no refuting the disturbing $$ trails they report.
resetobywatelski.pl/ordo-iuris-and…

Now that I've taken more time with @Reset_Oby's article, I have to share it again.
This is a must-read for anyone following how dark money is used to manipulate pro-lifers.
Austin Ruse/C-Fam, World Congress of Families, Iona Institute--all take Kremlin $$.
resetobywatelski.pl/ordo-iuris-and…

An Iona Institute representative messaged me to say they didn't receive Kremlin money. But, according to the European Parliament, L'Espresso, & many other outlets, they did--laundered through Italian businessman Luca Volonte. See this report:

web.archive.org/web/2019033012…

Here's another L'Espresso report that says Russian oligarchs' funds went to Dignitas Humanae--the Steve Bannon-linked institute that Cardinal Burke was part of: web.archive.org/web/2018111615…

L'Espresso's reporting was cited in a European Parliament report: epfweb.org/sites/default/…

To repeat: I wish pro-life Catholics were doing this kind of investigative reporting so we didn't have to leave it to people who oppose Church teachings. But truth is where you find it.

https://twitter.com/DawnofMercy/status/1506050379955515397

From @ILLSP_GWU comes this remarkable study of groups that claim to be defenders of "Catholic values" while cozying up to Russian oligarchs: illiberalism.org/unraveling-the…. Through it, I found the video in the next tweet, featuring a key employee of Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeev.

Here's Alexey Komov, a key employee of Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeev, addressing the 2013 World Congress of Families.

Since 2014, Malofeev's been sanctioned by US & EU for funding separatists in Ukraine.

Here's a scholarly article on Russian funding of World Congress of Families:
tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.108…

And here's an article on Ordo Iuris, which Ahmari, Vermeule, Deneen, & Dreher are involved with, discussing how it seeks to avoid public ties to Russia:
mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/1…

But, as noted earlier, Ordo Iuris does have many ties to Russia, as detailed in this @Reset_Oby article by @KSuchanow. Ordo Iuris has sued Suchanow for linking it to Russia, but she keeps coming back with more evidence.

resetobywatelski.pl/ordo-iuris-and…

I hope pro-life investigative journalists such as @BrianFragaNCR start to cover Russian oligarchs' funding of Catholic orgs.

To my fellow Catholics who support Church teachings on life & sexuality: We need to clean up our own house. Don't back groups that take Kremlin blood $$.