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Last modified: 2005-05-07 by antónio martins
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Russian Border Guard ensign

[Russian Border Guard ensign]
by António Martins, 24 Nov 2000

The current Russian Border Guard ensign is green with a blue, white-bordered saltire cross.
Tom Gregg, 04 Apr 1999

The green flag with St. Andrews Cross is indeed used by ships of the Maritime Border Guards, part of the Federal Border-Guards Service (FPS, if I remember the Russian abbreviation correctly), which is one of the successor organizations of the KGB. Current photos of cutters displaying this ensign can be found in recent editions of Jane's Fighting Ships. [jfs] After the breakup of the KGB, this organization was transferred briefly to the Ministry of Defense but soon thereafter established as a separate agency, its director ranking as one of the "power ministers" along with the MOD and Minister of Internal Affairs.

Customs flag

[Russian Customs flag]
by Željko Heimer, Jozef Obskura and António Martins, 24 May 1999

The green flag with white saltire is the Customs Flag. It was adopted 3 december 1994 by presidential decree No 2152. This flag was Customs Flag of imperial Russia since 1827.
Victor Lomantsov,