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

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