This paper attempts to determine Alexander Dugin's influence on recent Russian ideology. It focuses on the concept of "red Byzantism" or "red Katechon," which Dugin developed in the early 1990s, initially independently of Carl Schmitt. Its genesis is traced and its structure analyzed. The Katechon concept serves as a glue for connecting disparate ideologemes. Thus, Byzantium, the Third Rome, and the Soviet Union are equivalent elements of an eclectic, quasi-Christian ideological construct in which both Russian leader Putin and Patriarch Kirill (Gundiaev) of Moscow feel comfortable. Even the majority of the people of Russia seem to feel comfortable with it. Both are examined in terms of the applicability of Dugin's theoretical framework on the complex empirical evidence in Russia. On the other hand, this well-being as Katechon has a very high potential for hatred, which has been directed against Ukraine and Ukrainians since 2014 and especially since 2022.