Flag of Russia

Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 2:3.

How to recognise it

Three equal horizontal bands: white, blue, then red.

Name in the quiz: Russia
Also called: Russian Federation
UN member state name: Russian Federation
ISO 3166-1 code: RU
Atlas Play pack: Northern and Eastern Europe (explorer pack), Look-alikes: horizontal bands

Practise the Northern and Eastern Europe pack Today’s flags

Easily confused with

LuxembourgLuxembourg: red on top and light blue at the bottom. Russia: white on top and red at the bottom.
SerbiaSerbia: red on top and a crowned coat of arms. Russia: white on top and plain.
SloveniaRussia: plain. Slovenia: a small blue shield with white peaks in the upper hoist.
SlovakiaRussia: plain. Slovakia: a red shield with a white double cross.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Russia (revision 1377826772) (A horizontal tricolour of white, blue, and red; proportion 2:3). Checked 2026-10-21 by Claude (AI build agent): rendered flag-icons artwork compared side by side with the reference article’s lead image and its infobox design description; no human editorial review yet. Artwork: flag-icons 7.6.0 (package/flags/4x3/ru.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 80f1319a3fb7…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.