Perspective: new Russian Flag looks familiar

[DonCoquixote]

http://www.tampabay.com/news/perspective/perspective-new-russian-flag-looks-familiar/2196186

"ok, The irony is not lost, considering this is an imperial flag, not the official one in Russia, but one that reflects Imperial ambition.

[mazzarro]

1. Title of article is deceptive and maybe wrong.

The flag is not that of Russia - the country - but of the separatists in Ukraine. The title gives the impression that this a new flag of Russia, which it is not.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. True. It's "Novorossiya", i.e. "New Russia," a term Putin himself pushed on Eastern Ukraine.

Because Putin sees the existence of a Ukrainian state as a fiction.

[DonCoquixote]

3. It is a flag of imperial ambitions

as was the Stars and Bars. Do not forget that a major cause of tensions was that the South wanted slaves states from sea to shining sea, caved out of the former Mexican and Louisiana lands. Ask Kansas folks about what the Dixie types were willing to pull.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. Definitely not a coincidence. nt

[Boreal]

5. That's their battle flag, worn on NAF uniforms

It incorporates the Russian Naval Jack and Cross of St Andrew, the patron saint of Russia and Ukraine. Their national flag is white, yellow and black. Not sure about the symbolism of those colors. Donetsk and Lugansk also have their own flags.