Russians told to prepare for ‘end of the world’ in chilling nuclear apocalypse warning | World | News
Vladimir Putin’s chief ideologue urged Russia to prepare for the end of the world – in comments widely read as a veiled reference to the growing threat of nuclear war between Moscow and its enemies, including Britain.
Ultra-nationalist philosopher Alexander Dugin (64), often described as the spiritual architect of the Kremlin’s worldview, warned that eternity would soon come, claiming that the moment of free choice could soon disappear forever.
In an apocalyptic online post, Dugin called on all unbaptized Russians to be baptized immediately and urged non-churchgoers to begin baptizing without delay to prepare for heaven in the afterlife.
“We cannot be sure that eternity will not come soon, and then it will be too late,” he wrote.
“One day eternity will come and the moment of free choice will disappear.
“Everything will disappear, but holy baptism and the decision to participate in the sacraments will remain.”
Although Dugin did not explicitly mention nuclear weapons, his doom-laden language closely reflects the way pro-Kremlin ideologues have long framed the possibility of nuclear escalation—a frame of irreversible civilizational rupture in which only faith, not politics or choice, remains.
His remarks came against the backdrop of the fourth year of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Moscow’s renewed nuclear signals and demonstrative missile launches, including the Oreshnik system that Putin launched into Ukraine on Friday, just 40 miles from NATO territory in Poland.
Touted by Russian officials as a strategic deterrent, the nuclear-capable hypersonic weapon capable of reaching speeds of up to 8,000 miles per hour was tracked by Polish air defenses but alliance fighters remained unscathed.
Dugin ominously added: “This moment of freedom will probably be with us for a very short time.
“Our faith is in the Savior. No one can save us but Him. We must go to Him. Without delay.”
Russian Orthodox-nationalist thinkers often depicted nuclear war not as mere catastrophe but as a metaphysical dividing line, a point beyond which history, choice, and compromise cease.
Dugin has long argued that Russia is in a civilizational struggle with the West and that disastrous sacrifice can be justified if what he calls Russia’s historical mission is secured.
The philosopher’s own life is marked by tragedy.
In August 2022, his daughter Darya Dugina, 29, a leading pro-Kremlin commentator, was killed in a car bomb attack outside Moscow; It was an attack that Russian officials blamed on a Ukrainian hit squad.
He was probably the real target of the attack.
Since Dugin’s death, his rhetoric has become increasingly mystical, fatalistic and apocalyptic.
Critics believe his final message appeared designed to psychologically prepare Russian society for extreme stress by dressing up the possibility of mass destruction in religious and moral language.
One of them said: “When Dugin talks about the imminent arrival of eternity, he is not preaching theology; he is turning nuclear war into something the Russians must accept.”
Whether intended as a prophecy, a warning, or ideological conditioning, the message is clear: time is running out.
