RRC appears to defy neutrality principle, as Ukrainian officials criticise ‘weak response’ and accuse Red Cross of being advocate for Russian aggression
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.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies , an umbrella body of national societies, has the power to suspend members that violate Red Cross principles of neutrality and independence, and did so to the Belarusian chapter last year.not to suspend the RRC, but only to create an oversight body and ask the RRC to “address identified challenges and alleged breaches” of integrity.
The investigation, published last month by a group of outlets including the Guardian, was partly based on a series of leaked Kremlin documents, which appeared to show plans to fund offshoot branches of the RRC on occupied Ukrainian territory. Additionally, the RRC head, Pavel Savchuk, was a board member of the All-Russian People’s Front , a movement created by the Kremlin that holds the trademark for the Z sign, the symbol of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Savchuk was identified as such on the ONF’s website until journalistic nquiries were made about it earlier this year. Then, his photograph was removed. The IFRC claims Savchuk has not been involved in the ONF since March 2022.
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