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(Reshaded the colours to be more like those used by the Kremlin. Even though these colour shades are most likely incorrect in historical use of the Russian flag. )
(Although the Russian law on the flag does not describe the specific shades of the colours, much like Yugoslavia's government did not the blue has been written to be a sort of azure. The red is slightly darker than seen here. Vexillographers have been know)