White-blue-white flag

White-blue-white flag
Russian anti-war flag
Use
Proportion2:3 / 1:2
Adopted28 February 2022; 2 years ago (2022-02-28)
DesignA horizontal triband of white (top and bottom) and azure.

The white-blue-white flag (Russian: бело-сине-белый флаг, romanized: belo-sine-belyy flag) is a symbol of opposition to the Russian invasion of Ukraine that has been used by Russian anti-war protesters.[1][2][3] It has also been used as a symbol of opposition to the current government of Vladimir Putin by several personal Internet accounts, and the Freedom of Russia Legion.[4][5][6]

Protest of Russians living in Czech Republic against the war in Ukraine, on 26 March 2022
People flying the Russian anti-war flag and the flag of Ukraine in Limassol, Cyprus on 5 March 2022[7]
A Russian protester in Wrocław, Poland, dressed in a mock caricature of Putin with the Russian anti-war flag in the background
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