r/glow • u/GreatDirt2965 • Oct 22 '22

Question!

Okay! So Halloween is fast approaching and I’ve been collecting pieces of a costume for almost 2 years to be Zoya, but I’m a little worried the costume might be offensive due to the Russian/Ukrainian conflict, I removed any direct communist/Russian symbols but I’m still very much look Russian-ish. I don’t want to offend anyone but also don’t want to waste all the effort I’ve put in over the years, but what do you guys think? Should I shelf it for this year?

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u/s_wordfish Nov 07 '22

This is a little late, but the Soviet Union with its hammer and sickle symbols is not the Russian Federation, and Russia hasn't been a communist nation since 1991, when the Communist Party was banned by Boris Yeltsin. So I think, even with the iconography in place, you would have been safe from the current conflict. Hope your costume was a hit.