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The nation of Russia has designed and used various flags throughout history. Listed in this article are flags — federal, administrative, military, etc. — used between the time of the Tsardom of Russia (1547–1721), Russian Empire (1721–1917) and today's Russian Federation (1991–present day).
Pro-Russian protests in Donetsk on 7 April 2014. The DPR first flag variant is seen displayed amongst other flags such as those of Russia, Belarus and Donetsk Oblast.. The flag of the Donetsk People's Republic was claimed by the Russian-controlled militias to be based on the flag of the Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic, whom they claim as the "People's Republic's" predecessor. [1]
[nb 1] The flag was officially adopted on 24 September 1992 [1] as the flag of the Republic of Crimea, readopted on 21 April 1999, [2] then readopted on 4 June 2014 as the flag of the Republic of Crimea, annexed by the Russian Federation. The flag is a triband, striped horizontally in blue–white–red. The blue stripe is located at the top ...
Map of the federal subjects of Russia with their flags. This gallery of flags of federal subjects of Russia shows the flags of the 89 federal subjects of Russia including two regions that, while being de facto under complete Russian control, are not internationally recognized as part of Russia (Republic of Crimea [1] and the city of Sevastopol), [1] and four regions that, while not being fully ...
The Russian Federation has several official national symbols including a historical document, a flag, an emblem, a national anthem. The current design of the national flag is the same as the Russian Empire and was officially adopted again after the dissolution of the Soviet Union .
The Russian athletes taking part at this month's Beijing Olympics will be competing without their flag and national anthem because of doping sanctions. Here is why sanctions were imposed on ...
North Korea has sent 1,500 special forces troops to Russia, according to South Korea's spy agency. The troops are training ahead of an expected Ukraine war deployment.
According to civilians and journalists at the scene, a total of 15 unmarked soldiers, armed with shotguns and AK-47s, participated in the assault, supported by two military vehicles bearing the Russian flag. [13] A Ukrainian soldier on patrol at the park was beaten by self-defense soldiers with a pair of iron rods during the capture.