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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Shaun Walker

Red Cross urged to act over Russian branch’s links to Kremlin war machine

A screenshot of  a deleted image showing Russian Red Cross staff posing with Kalashnikov rifles at a military event for children.
A screenshot of a deleted image showing Russian Red Cross staff posing with Kalashnikov rifles at a military event for children. Photograph: Battle Brotherhood

The international Red Cross movement is under pressure to take action against the Russian Red Cross (RRC) over close links between the group and the Kremlin’s war and propaganda machine.

The evidence includes the RRC president’s central role in a pro-Putin “patriotic” organisation, senior RRC staff who speak of the impossibility of peace with “Ukrainian Nazis”, and RRC participation in military training for children.

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