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This is the main neonazi organization in Russia.
Operating in semi-underground regime, it engages
itself in the same kind of activities as its
western counterparts.
António Martins, 10 Sep 1997
Russian National Unity lead is by Barkashov.
Victor Lomantsov, 20 Oct 2000
The "bladed swastika" is actually supposed to be a swastika
on a cross of St. Andrew.
Marcus Wendel, 13 Aug 1999
This version is identical to the R.N.E. logo in their
posters, badges and stikers.
António Martins, 27 May 1998
This version (bladed swastika black double fimbriated
white-black on a white disc double fimbriated black-white
on red) was seen by me on Russian TV.
António Martins, 27 May 1998
Yet another version of the flag of Russian National
Unity: This time the bladed swastika is black and is
placed on a white square, with tips protuding outside
the square but showing a white fimbriation against the
red background; all inside a red ring. Red shade is
clearly darker,
It would maybe be of interest to know which flag or
flags are really used.
António Martins, 27 May 1998, quoting
Nazism Exposed | Flags and Symbols (Pål’s site)
Russian National Union (RNS) led by
Konstantin Kassimovsky. Racist nazi party. Red flag with black St Andrew
cross fimbrated with white, in the center there is white circle (outlined
black) with original black cross ("Cross-Hammer"). According to Andrey
Jahwlansky, the symbol of RNS is "Lobarum" (Jesus Christ monogram)
consisting from crossed Greek letters (X and P). Source: Flag Report
17 [frp]
Jaume Ollé, 07 May 2000 and 13 May 2000
I doubt about the interpretation of this symbol being the khi-ro monogram (U+2627, the first two letters of "Χριστος", greek for "Christ"). While this flag shows a cross potent with a hook extending from the side of the upper arm, the labarum (at least as used nowadays by the catholic church though I believe it is quite the same elsewhere) is rather a "P" and an "X" superimposed, the first slightly elongated:
_ |_) \ | / \|/ /|\ / | \ |There are big differences between both symbols. Moreover, the use of a religious symbol on a russian neonazi flag would make sense only if it were a distinct russian orthodox symbol, which is not the case.
The top part of the cross looks like cyrillic letter "P" — first
letter in russian word "Russia".
Victor Lomantsov, 07 May 2000
This is a flag of the National Bolshevik Party led by Eduard Limonov.
The party’s only a handful of extremist-minded students, but they are present
at any rally that takes place in Moscow. They are calling for a revolution and
extermination of all non-Russians in Russia.
Grigory Kuznetsov, 29 Jan 1999
The flag is based on the nazi scheme
(red, a centered white disk with a black symbol); instead of the
swastika there is the sickle-and-hammer device. This flag impressed
me because of the merging of two well known and opposite symbols;
it is a vexillological oxymoron.
Giuseppe Bottasini
Russian National Socialist Party and Northern
Alliance are the second largest neo-nazi parties in Russia,
after R.N.E.. Unfortunately I have no flags
of RNSP.
Mikhail Paraskan, 22 Oct 1999
Russian National Socialist Party and
Northern Alliance are the second largest neo-nazi parties in
Russia, after R.N.E.. Northern Alliance
uses four different flags: The tricolor,
as was used by General Vlasov Army (ROA)
who collaborated with German Army and Reich; I thin that is why Severnij
Alijans use it together with old Aryan symbol
Swastika.
Mikhail Paraskan, 22 Oct 1999
Another their flag with something like “shield” as I know
also was a symbol of Division of Waffen-SS Russische-1 or 2
I can’t say exactly.
Mikhail Paraskan, 22 Oct 1999
[This and this are two other russian neo-nazi flags sent by Mikhail Paraskan on 22 Oct 1999 without any explanation attached. Ed.]
A variation of the imperial flag, undoubtedly
inspired by German WWI and
WWII flags, as I saw used by the organisation
White Legion 88. I must admit the flag was designed with taste.
Andre Kovalev, 04 Jul 2002
