The Church of Satan's high priest said the claims were "false" and its members are "atheists who believe in free will and full responsibility for one's actions" who made up a tiny part of the population.
Wild claims that Russian troops need to carry out a "de-Satanisation" of Ukraine because of a spread of the cult have been criticised as "false".
Moscow has repeatedly attempted to frame its invasion as a holy war (with Vladimir Putin as the chosen one), and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church has said that fighting in the "special military operation" washes away all sins.
New remarks by a Russian politician that the Church of Satan has spread across Ukraine were described as "false" by the church, which said its members, who make up a tiny percentage of society, were not devil worshippers.
Instead, they are atheists using Satan "as a symbol of liberty, individualism, and self-fulfilment" while carrying out a "live and let live" approach to being part of society, he told Sky News.
Meanwhile, a Russian priest on the frontline has been using bodybags to baptise soldiers, in the absence of a font.
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Not content with its bogus claims to be "de-Nazifying" its neighbour, Aleksey Pavlov, assistant secretary of the Russian Security Council, said its troops need to carry out the urgent "de-Satanisation" of Ukraine.
He said units in the Ukrainian armed forces - such as...
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