Friends House Moscow: Daphne Sanders reports

‘This is not the article I wanted to write.’

by Daphne Sanders 17th October 2025

This is not the article about Friends House Moscow (FHM) that I wanted to write. It could have been a happy one, about FHM as a globally recognised publisher, and its growing effectiveness as an outreach tool for Russian speakers in the former Soviet Union – readers are now finding the books first and then wanting to learn about Quakers rather than vice versa. Instead, FHM British Committee believes it needs to report on the critical point – well nigh a knife edge – that we have reached.