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Russian Red Cross Society

Российский Красный Крест
Formation	15 May 1867; 156 years ago (1867-05-15) [1] [3 May 1867 Old Style]
Headquarters	5 Cheryomushkinsky Drive, Akademichesky District, Moscow, Russia
Chairman	Savchuk Pavel Olegovich [2]
Volunteers (2019)	65,000 [3]
Website	redcross.ru

The Russian Red Cross Society (Russian: Российский Красный Крест, tr. Rossiyskiy Krasny Krest, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijskʲɪj 'krasnɨj 'krʲest]) is a volunteer-led, humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief and education in Russia. It is the designated national affiliate of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

It is now particularly concerned with problems relating to undocumented migrants, and, with the help of the international federation, provides food parcels and support to people who are detained. ^[4]

It was established by the order of Emperor Alexander II. Grand Duchess, Elizaveta Fedorovna was responsible for the organisation in Moscow.^{[ citation needed]}

There were 109 Red Cross schools of nursing in Russia in 1914. 25,000 Sisters of Mercy were trained between 1914 and 1916. The society ran short courses for nurses and sanitary workers in Moscow in 1919 and provided support for mentally ill soldiers. ^[5]

Controversies

In October 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Red Cross reduced government costs of the invasion by raising money to help support Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine and their families. ^{[6] [7]} In November, Ukraine’s Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights accused the Russia Red Cross of stealing ten premises, office equipment, and vehicles in Russian-occupied Crimea from the Ukrainian Red Cross. ^[8]

Russian Red Cross operations in the occupied territories of Ukraine was criticised as a violation of the basic ICRC rules and its links to nationalist organisation All-Russia People’s Front (earlier headed by current RRCS head Savchuk) and other paramilitary organizations in Russia. RRCS was also involved in fundraising and procurement of exclusively military equipment such as thermal vision for Russian army and held an annual gala at "Avangard" arms factory in Moscow. Other RRCS officials have praised the "special military operation" and described Ukrainians as "Nazis" with whom any ceasefire talks don't make sense. In 2023 Russian government decide to gradually replace ICRC operations in occupied territories and registered commercial companies with similar names - Donetsk Red Cross and Luhansk Red Cross. ^[7]

The Kremlin funded the Russian Red Cross, which was tasked with replacing the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the occupied Ukrainian territories. The Russian Red Cross collaborated with the Putin regime. This cooperation included supporting the Russian military and collecting donations for soldiers; cooperation in the organization of military camps for children; and entering into formal agreements with a number of organizations that had been sanctioned by the European Union, the United States and Ukraine for, among other things, their involvement in the deportation of Ukrainian children. ^[9]

See also

• Pyatigorsk Colony of the Russian Red Cross Society

References

External links

• ""Нас называли украинскими свиньями" В Киеве утверждают, что сотрудники Российского Красного Креста ездят на оккупированные территории — и издеваются над пленными. Вот как устроена эта сеть прокремлевских "правозащитников"". Meduza.