Pro-Moscow Rebels Fly Flag of 'New Russia' in Eastern Ukraine (looks familiar)

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ukraine-crisis/pro-moscow-rebels-fly-flag-new-russia-eastern-ukraine-n194751 ^ | 9/3/2014 | Keir Simmons, Albina Kovalyova and F. Brinley Bruto

[McGruff]

Pro-Russian rebels conquering territory in eastern Ukraine are fighting under a new flag that betrays their - and perhaps the Kremlin’s - soaring ambitions. The blue cross set on a red background, which is stitched into uniforms and flies on tanks, represents Novorossiya or 'New Russia' - a notional state that would swallow southern and eastern Ukraine.

It is slowly replacing the disparate flags representing individual independence-minded groups in the regions of Donetsk. Indeed, the separatist regional administration flag in central Donetsk – one of the rebel headquarters – is now flying the Novorossiya flag.

The fighters’ ambitions mirror the flag’s reach.

[McGruff]

[Bidimus1]

I think that is a scale model.

[manc]

is that real?

Besides so what if they fly a St Andrews cross, hardly news worthy to fly the flag.

Yet again ABC shows their pathetic reporting.

[John S Mosby]

The New Russia flag from times past:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Federal_State_of_Novorossiya

[manc]

you’d think having a confederate or St Andrews flag was bad or something, and yet these idiots spend time reporting on this!!!

[BuffaloJack]

Did they clear that with the NAACP?

[Dallas59]

RACISM!/s

[elhombrelibre]

Why not a swastika?

[McGruff]

Seems to be variations of it.

[xrmusn]

BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now they went and did it.

Several groups will be suing ‘over a cloth’.

Funny when ‘they’ want to burn and stomp on US Flag, ‘they’ consider it a piece of cloth.

Let it be the ‘Stars and Bars’ and the SAME piece of cloth, with a different design becomes a ‘Symbol’ of hate.

[rktman]

LOL! That was the first thing that popped in to my little pea brain when I read the header. :>}

[Red Badger]

Are they gonna paint their tanks orange and jump across broken bridges?.......................

[donozark]

Have noted in past it closely resembles Stars and Bars. Wait until ACLUseless finds out....LOL!

[GeronL]

The Russian Army is still there

23 min ago

Russian artillery shelled #Pervomaisk and #Popasnaya

.......

So when does this so-called “ceasefire” take effect?

[DoughtyOne]

There’s something just a little bit fuzzy about seeing supposed domestic rebels riding around in a Russian tank.

[GeronL]

Russian troops in Heorhiivka near Lutuhyne

You know what flag that is, right?

[LeoWindhorse]

I like it ! Lovely flag .
Someone needs to sew 13 stars on it however .

[al_c]

Racists.

[John S Mosby]

Well, no. There being no political/historical relationship to our battle flag. Deo Vindice.