Roman Anatolyevich Silantyev (Russian:Роман Анатольевич Силантьев, 15 September 1977, Moscow[1]) is a RussiansociologistIslamic expert, former executive secretary of theInterreligious Council of Russia (IIRC), director of thehuman rights center of theWorld Russian People's Council, and former staff member of theMoscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations.
In 2005 Silantyev was relieved from his IIRC posts after the controversial reception of his bookA Modern History of the Islamic Community in Russia, criticized both from theMuslim andEastern Orthodox sides.[2]
In 2007 Silantyev published another bookA Modern History of Islam in Russia.
In 2008 Silantyev publishedIslam in Russia Today.
In 2018 Silantyev presented "destructology", claimed to be a scientific discipline.[3] According to his basic article, "destructology" was "designed to provide serious counteraction to threats to Russia's national security."[4]
In 2023 Silantyev committed the "destructological expertise", which was the basis for the arrest and pre-trial detention of the theatre directorEvgenia Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk. A group of lead Russian scientists published a letter, which states that the proposed by Silantyev "destructology" has features of pseudoscience and cannot be used in forensic expertise.[5]
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