Peskov excludes discrepancies in coat of arms image
Russia has only one coat of arms (emblem) and it has crosses, Dmitry Peskov, the presidential press secretary has stated in his comment on different types of the coat of arms – with crosses and diamonds on the Kremlin website. The discussion about the image of crosses in the Kremlin website arose after the son of the head of Chechnya received his award against the background of a coat of arms without crosses.
The difference in the images of the coat of arms of the Russian Federation placed in the Kremlin website is due to scaling of them: if you reduce the image, it will look like there is a rhombus (diamond) there, while in fact it is a cross, Dmitry Peskov said today, answering a question asked by the TASS.
"The Kremlin website and the President’s website depict, in a special section, a full-size version of our coat of arms, which is absolutely accessible to everyone. It's all a matter of scaling. If you stretch it and enlarge it, you’ll see the crosses," Mr Peskov has explained, commenting on the discussion around the image of the coat of arms of the Russian Federation in the presidential website.
"We have one coat of arms; it is, naturally, with crosses, and it is as it should be," the “Vedomosti” outlet has quoted Dmitry Peskov as saying.
On May 21, the Kremlin returned the image of Orthodox crosses to its emblem. The updated version has appeared both in the Telegram channel and in the website of the presidential administration. According to the information about the main photo posted in the Telegram channel, it was changed at 7:31 p.m. Moscow time on May 21. In the photo changed for the Victory Day, there were no Orthodox crosses on the emblem (coat of arms); instead, diamonds (rhombuses) were depicted. The data from the web archive also shows that on May 21 at 10:37 a.m. Moscow time, there were no Orthodox crosses in the image posted in the Kremlin website, the RBC has reported today.
The "Crossfall" was mentioned by Nikita Mikhalkov, a film director, at the Saint Petersburg International Legal Forum (SPILF). He showed the images of the coat of arms of Russia with double-headed eagles in crowns with crosses and with diamonds and called the latter "Chicken Tabaka". As he has noted, the designers of this logo explained that they decided to remove "a significant part of small details" that interfered with the perception of the symbol as a whole. "These are not small details, this is a sign of power and belonging to a certain religion," the report says.
"Will a person understand that this is the coat of arms of a great power called Russia? No, he won’t. And this is the task," the “Lenta.ru” outlet has quoted Mr Mikhalkov as saying on May 22.
This was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on May 22, 2025 at 01:57 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.