Congress of Russian Americans

The Congress of Russian Americans is a non-governmental organization in the United States representing Russian-Americans and Russians. The CRA's stated purposes include preserving Russian culture in the United States, protecting the rights of Russian-Americans, fighting Russophobia, and improving relations between Russians and Americans.

The Congress of Russian Americans (CRA) was founded in 1973 by Russian immigrants to the United States, including White émigrés from the Russian Empire, who were opposed to communism. The CRA's original intention was to prevent Russophobia from being the basis of Westernanti-communism during the Cold War by advocating the distinction between the Russian national identity and Soviet communist ideology.^[1] In 1978, the Russian-American Chamber of Fame was founded to honor Russian immigrants who provided outstanding contributions to American science and culture, including the television pioneer Vladimir K. Zworykin, the 1973 Economics Nobel laureate Wassily Leontief, the founder of Tolstoy FoundationAlexandra Tolstaya, and many other notable Russian Americans.^[2][3][4]

Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the CRA has extended its goals to include encouraging cultural and economic development in Russia and aiding persecuted Christians and human rights activists in the former Soviet states.

El Congreso de Rusoamericanos tiene su sede en San Francisco , California , y mantiene una oficina de enlace en Washington, D.C. , para interactuar con el gobierno estadounidense y otras organizaciones. Entre las iniciativas conocidas del CRA se incluyen los intentos de anular la ley sobre Naciones Cautivas , que considera antirusa, más que anticomunista, dado que la lista de "naciones cautivas" no incluía a Rusia, a pesar de que fue la primera nación en caer bajo un régimen comunista . El CRA también es conocido por oponerse a la Ley de 2017 para Contrarrestar a los Adversarios de Estados Unidos mediante Sanciones y por criticar la ley por considerarla perjudicial para las relaciones ruso-estadounidenses y por propagar la rusofobia. ^{[ 5 ]}

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