Workers in Kyiv install the Ukrainian coat ... of arms. The symbolic move is part of a wider shift throughout Ukraine to reclaim the country’s cultural identity from the Soviet past amid Russia ...

But never before on official state symbols. Now it's happened. The Russian coat of arms shown in the video from Chechnya has no crosses. It's not fake," said Russian military blogger Yuri Kotenok.

Russian officials harshly criticized the ... as the chief element in the state coat of arms, maintaining the traditions of the Ukrainian National Republic. According to the UkraineNOW website ...

The trident is featured on Ukraine’s coat of arms, a symbol it ... As in previous cases, Russian officials condemned the change. Leonid Slutsky, head of the State Duma Committee on International ...

The move is part of a wider shift to reclaim Ukraine's cultural identity from the Communist past amid Russia's ongoing ... that was adopted as the coat of arms of independent Ukraine on Feb ...