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Let Freedom Ring
The Freedom of Russia Legion fights for Ukraine in the hopes of making a free and peaceful Russia.
What is the value of a flag? What does it mean?
For a growing number of Russians, their current flag represents ideals that they no longer agree with.
In late February of this year, a group of Russians decided that their government had gone too far in the “special operations” in Ukraine, Georgia, Chechnya, and countless other places. In response, they created a new flag to better represent what they believe Russian ideals should be.
The red stripe on the current Russian flag is seen by many as representing blood spilled by Russia. In light of Russian activity over the past few decades, the bloodstripe is a call for war and conquest rather than remembrance of heroic defenders.
The new flag, reminiscent of the old Novgorod Republic from centuries ago, seeks to remove the calls for blood by creating a new, white-blue-white flag.
