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This work is not an object of copyright according to article 1259 of Book IV of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation No. 230-FZ of December 18, 2006
Shall not be objects of copyright:
official documents of state government agencies and local government agencies of municipal formations, including laws, other legal texts, judicial decisions, other materials of legislative, administrative and judicial character, official documents of international organizations, as well as their official translations;
state symbols and signs (flags, emblems, orders, banknotes, and the like), as well as symbols and signs of municipal formations;
works of folk art (folklore), which don't have specific authors;
news reports on events and facts, which have a purely informational character (daily news reports, television programs, transportation schedules, and the like).
Государственные флаг, герб и гимн Российской Федерации, их описание и порядок официального использования устанавливаются федеральным конституционным законом.
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—Конституция Российской Федерации (1993). Статья 70, часть 1
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Государственный флаг Российской Федерации представляет собой прямоугольное полотнище из трёх равновеликих горизонтальных полос: верхней — белого, средней — синего и нижней — красного цвета. Отношение ширины флага к его длине 2:3.
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—Федеральный Конституционный закон от 25 декабря 2000 года № 1-ФКЗ «О Государственном флаге Российской Федерации». Статья 1, часть 2
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This work is not an object of copyright according to article 1259 of Book IV of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation No. 230-FZ of December 18, 2006.
Shall not be objects of copyright:
official documents of state government agencies and local government agencies of municipal formations, including laws, other legal texts, judicial decisions, other materials of legislative, administrative and judicial character, official documents of international organizations, as well as their official translations;
state symbols and signs (flags, emblems, orders, any forms of money, and the like), as well as symbols and signs of municipal formations;
works of folk art (folklore), which don't have specific authors;
news reports on events and facts, which have a purely informational character (daily news reports, television programs, transportation schedules, and the like).
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