"OUR FLAG IS A SYMBOL OF FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE; IT UNITES PEOPLE"

22 August is National Flag Day of the Russian Federation. "Our flag, a symbol of freedom and independence, unites people who build, love and defend their native country and link their present and future to it. Happy National Flag Day to everyone!" Volodin is quoted as saying. State Duma press office.

Russia’s first president, Boris Yeltsin, established the holiday by decree on 20 August 1994. On this date in 1991, the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR adopted the resolution ‘On Official Recognition and Use of the National Flag of the RSFSR’, declaring Russia’s historical flag—a banner with horizontal white, azure and scarlet stripes—the official national flag of the Russian Federation.