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Disputed Status: Legally, a constituent republic of the Russian
Federation. A self-proclaimed independent state was independent for three
years until invaded and largely over-run by Russian forces in 1994-5.
Stuart Notholt, 1995
According to Itar-Tass (Russian news agency), August 17,
2004, new official symbols of the republic are
being introduced in Chechnya.
Jaume Ollé, 18 Aug 2004
The final project of a flag differs from an earlier
variant known to us, that the top green strip is twice wider bottom red.
Along a staff on the white vertical strip is yellow Chechen national ornament.
The flag has been shown yesterday in the program "Time" of the First
Channel of Russian TV and today its photo and video can be seen on web.
Mikhail Revnivtsev, 09 Jun 2004
Green, red and (a bit of) white have been the colors of all
Chechen flags (both
sides) since at least 1991.
António Martins, 14 Jun 2004
Looks vaguely like an inverted
Belarus flag…
James Dignan, 26 Feb 2004
I seriously think the flag of Tartarstan
was used as a big part of the design of the new Chechnya flag.
Zach Harden, Jun 2004
Whether to two flags are actually directly (or indirectly) related or
not, the “co-incidence” is, in my opinion, just too great to
ignore. I wonder if the Chechens’ symbology
is something basically similar?
Christopher Southworth, 14 Jun 2004
I think it entirely possible that the Government of this particular
Russian Republic had not actually seen the flag of another Russian Republic
(although is it not part of the normal remit of a flag commission to look
at the flags of other similar entitities). The close similarity of colours
and layout may, indeed, be co-incidental (and unrelated).
Christopher Southworth, 15 Jun 2004
The image above was made from a photo obtained from
TassPhoto.COM. It was dated in the
caption August 19, 2004. This image, along with the official description
from from the
Izbirkom.RU
site was used for my article in Gaceta de Banderas 96
[gtz04].
Antonio Gutiérrez, 19 Apr 2005
…CHAPTER 3
STATE SYSTEM of the CHECHEN REPUBLICArticle 61:
The powers of the Chechen Republic are:
…m) the state awards and honorary titles of the Chechen Republic, the state symbolics;
Article 62
The State flag, the arms and a hymn of the Chechen Republic, their description and the order of official use are established by the law of Republic.
Pascal Vagnat, 24 Mar 2003, quoting from the official website
The head of the Chechen administration Akhmad Kadyrov
[head of the pro-Russian govenment] told the press on Monday [2003.09.08] that
the republic would soon have a new state emblem and anthem. He said
that the present state emblem — remaining from Aslan Maskhadov’s
[head of the 1992-1996 independentist government] times includes the figure
of a lying wolf which is against Muslim tradition.
Jaume Ollé, 09 Sep 2003, quoting from Эхо
Москвы
At the session of the State counsel [sovet] of Chechnya, which
took place on the 19th of November, it has been decided to declare a
contest for the best proposals for the coat of arms, state flag and anthem
of the republic. The flag of Chechnya will be red-white-green.
Jaume Ollé, 09 Sep 2003
In the Chechen Republic is completed work above projects of a State flag and State coat of arms. Flag of Chech