mo4ch:>‘Can’t erase history’: Putin & Stalin TEMPLE MOSAIC is ‘appropriate,’ church says amid furor over Russian military cathedral decor | Mo4ch News

President Vladimir Putin and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin will both make surprise, if minor, appearance inside the main cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces, being heavily decorated with historical scenes of the nation’s glory.Photos showing an incomplete mosaic with the likeness of Putin, other key government figures, as well as seemingly random people celebrating with national flags made quite a stir in Russia after being leaked to the media on Friday. The artwork was linked to the grandiose church being built in Patriot Park outside Moscow, which is to become the main temple of the Russian military.Perhaps even more controversial, an image of Stalin, pictured on a banner held by the Soviet soldiers on the Red Square, appeared on another mosaic supposedly meant for the church.When asked about the images by reporters, Kremlin was seemingly caught off guard, and spokesman Dmitry Peskov said “I unfortunately don’t know what is on the walls of the temple.”It didn’t take long for the Rus…