What does 🇷🇺 Russia Flag mean?
Three horizontal stripes of white, blue and red. The emoji is used for Russia Day on 12 June, national sports teams, and posts about Moscow, St Petersburg, the Trans-Siberian Railway, ballet and classic literature. It is also a common label for the Russian language in learning apps and multilingual bios.
Technically, 🇷🇺 is not a single character: it is the pair of regional indicator letters 🇷 🇺, which spell the region code RU. Apps that support flags combine the two letters into a flag; Windows does not draw country flags, so on Windows you see the letters RU instead – the emoji still arrives as a flag on the recipient’s phone.
🇷🇺 Russia Flag is an emoji from the Flags category (country flags), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
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🇷🇺 Russia Flag on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Russia Flag looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Russia Flag emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🇷🇺 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :ru:.
When was the Russia Flag emoji added?
🇷🇺 Russia Flag was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does the Russia Flag emoji show as letters?
Flag emojis are made of two regional indicator letters (RU). Windows does not include flag artwork, so it shows the letters instead. Phones, Macs and most apps display the full 🇷🇺 flag.