Month: May 2025

The Patriotism of Hypocrites—More Perilous Than the Treachery of Collaborators
Kremlin Returns Crosses to Its Emblem, Opening the Way for Crosses to Appear on State Symbols More Generally
Sunday, May 25, 2025
Kremlin Returns Crosses to Its Emblem, Opening the Way for Crosses to Appear on State Symbols More Generally
Paul Goble
Staunton, May 23 – On May 21, the Kremlin inserted Orthodox crosses in place of diamonds on its coat of arms, a change the Russian Orthodox Church had long sought and that likely opens the way for a wholesale return of such crosses to Russian symbols across the entire country. Read more

Circassian Activists Denounce KBR Efforts to Block Commemoration of 1864 Deportation and Note Support for Marking that Anniversary Growing
Sunday, May 25, 2025
Circassian Activists Denounce KBR Efforts to Block Commemoration of 1864 Deportation and Note Support for Marking that Anniversary Growing
Paul Goble

“Пора органам власти осознать, что основной инициатор и движущая сила траурного шествия 21 мая — это народ, который выражает своё желание сохранить историческую память и не допустить её забвения”
“Пора органам власти осознать, что основной инициатор и движущая сила траурного шествия 21 мая — это народ, который выражает своё желание сохранить историческую память и не допустить её забвения”

Making Kabardino-Balkar State University Autonomous would be ‘Disastrous,’ Activists Say
Saturday, May 24, 2025
Making Kabardino-Balkar State University Autonomous would be ‘Disastrous,’ Activists Say
Paul Goble
Seven Countries have Recognized Soviet Deportation of Crimean Tatars in May 1944 as an Act of Genocide, and Crimean Tatar Activists are Pressing for Even Broader International Recognition of This Crime
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Seven Countries have Recognized Soviet Deportation of Crimean Tatars in May 1944 as an Act of Genocide, and Crimean Tatar Activists are Pressing for Even Broader International Recognition of This Crime
Paul Goble