• "Pleasant feelings"; "positive feelings"; "good feelings"; "something clear and pure"; "cherished images"; "peace"; "my heart quakes"; "peace, friendship, blue skies"; "a pleasant feeling of relief"; "positive emotions"; "remarkable feelings"; "it's OK, it's nicer than the red one"; "inspiration"; "warm feelings"; "exalted feelings"; "excited feelings"; "the anthem and the flag cheer my heart up."

• "I feel pride and respect"; "pride in the Motherland"; "proud of and respecting my mother country"; "pride in the people and the country"; "pride in the state"; "pride in and love for the country"; "pride in the Motherland"; "pride in our Russia"; "exalted pride in the country."

• "It means nothing to me"; "no ideas, no images"; "no thoughts, it just dangles there"; "I pay no attention"; "indifference"; "nothing special, I don't care"; "it plays no role"; "nothing, just a flag."

• "It is my country's flag"; "the image of our Motherland, our state"; "my country"; "Motherland"; "Fatherland"; "it is the flag of our country"; "it is the flag of my home country"; "an image of Russia"; "associations with Russia as the home country."

• "History comes to my mind"; "I recall Peter the Great's Russia"; "it reminds of the Tsarist times"; "Peter's times; association with the commercial flag"; "Alexander I"; "Tsarist times come to my mind"; "the Vlasov Army's flag"; "the history of our state"; "Andrew's flag, the Potemkin"; "I recall our national history"; "I recall Peter I"; "all the stages of our history: the Tsar, the civil war with the communists, the democrats"; "the parliament with tanks shooting at the citizens, Yeltsin, a mess."

• "I was accustomed to the red flag"; "the red banner was better"; "the old red flag comes to my mind"; "memories of the former flag are more positive"; "the red flag is dearer to me"; "change the flag for the red one"; "I like the red one better."

• "Sad thoughts"; "negative thoughts"; "queasy"; "I dislike it"; "bad feelings, disaffection"; "it's wrong"; "not exactly positive."

• "Three different colors"; "sky, water, beauty, life"; "blue sky, purity, the red color stands for flowers"; "white means honor, red means bravery, blue means loyalty"; "blue is the sky, red is invincible, white is honesty"; "pleasant colors"; "the white and the blue colors mean protection, the red means people wanting to be protected"; "white means purity, red is the flag of the state of Russia, blue – I don't know"; "white means hope, blue means joy, red means Russia's beauty."

• "When they are displayed on election days and holidays, it is an honor"; "holiday, might, celebration"; "a rally with waving banners"; "when it's a holiday, it's pride"; "when flags hang put in the streets, it means it's a holiday."

• "The Russian Navy's flag"; "I recall navy flags"; "Russia's navy"; "Tsarist sea fleet."

• "Pride, especially when competitions are shown"; "I recall soccer"; "when sportsmen are carrying it, I am proud of my country"; "when the flag is being hoisted at the Olympics, it means our sportsmen have won"; "associations with victory, for instance by our sportsmen"; "when our athletes get first place in international tournaments, and our flag is put up above all the others, I am proud"; "I always feel proud when they run up our flag during championships and the Olympics."

• "Parachutists falling with the flag"; "I recall the three-colored toothpaste advertising"; "if it is put up on a building, it is some government body, if it's abroad, it is our representative"; "Nikita Mikhalkov's film «The Barber of Siberia"; "it's all striped, like life itself"; "the Kremlin"; "one doesn't see it much"; "I haven't gotten used to it yet."

• "We came back to Russia's grassroots"; "a representation of our history"; "it comes from the history of Russia"; "the nation's history"; "it has been like that since ancient times"; "it is historically justified as the flag of the Russian state"; "it's an ancient flag, a historical one"; "it is historical, it was adopted long ago, and I like its colors"; "a historical flag that has come down to us from our ancestors"; "it's the ancient Russian flag"; "it's our old Russian flag; there should be continuity"; "this is the Andrew's flag "; "the Andrew's flag, history."

• "Because it is our symbol"; "the symbol of Motherland"; "the state's symbol"; "because it is the symbol of the Russian Federation."

• "A nice combination of colors"; "harmonious colors"; "I like the tricolor"; "three bright colors"; "the three colors harmonize with each other"; "there is everything in this flag: white for earth, blue for water, red for joy"; "blue is the color of the skies, red is for love, and the light is for joy"; "it expresses everything: the sky, the earth, the sea"; "beautiful colors that go together well, nothing needless."

• "A nice flag, I like it"; "the flag is alright"; "a good flag "; "I just like it"; "provokes no antipathy"; "looking at it cheers you up"; "it doesn't irritate me"; "it's merry."

• "It looks good"; "it nice to look at"; "just looking at it is a pleasure"; "a nice flag, but I don't know what the colors symbolize"; "I like the way it looks"; "it's beautiful and it's new"; "nice, bright"; "beautiful, meaningful."

• "Feeling proud of the country"; "it expresses the might of Russia"; "I am proud of my Russia"; "the flag represents Russia."

• "Better than the red one"; "because the old flag was ridiculous"; "it's better than the old one."

• "We were rather accustomed to the red one and used to attending rallies with it, while today nothing happens, there is no place to display it"; "the previous one, the red one was better"; "more affinity with the red banner"; "we are accustomed to the red flag"; "the scarlet one was good"; "we grew up under the red flag"; "it is what we are used to; we have lived a long time with the red flag, with the hammer and sickle"; "the red one inspired us more"; "I like the old one better, the one we won the war with."

• "These images have been imprinted in my mind by the media with their repeated showing of unsavory things against the background of the flag"; "no inspiration"; "no individuality."

• "It is like the Armenian one"; "it is easy to mix it up with other nations' flags"; "it is like other flags"; "it is like the French one"; "I dislike the color combination: it is like other flags."

• "No difference"; "I don't care"; "I neither reject nor praise it"; "no associations, just three colors"; "does a flag make a difference?"

Patriotic education of the young generation

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• "Educate the young generation "; "pay more attention to patriotic education"; "cultivate it at school so that they value their homeland"; "cultivate the feeling of respect and pride from the school bench"; "educate youth in patriotic spirit"; "educate them from kindergarten"; "teach respect, parents should speak respectfully of the flag and Russia"; "raise them in patriotic traditions"; "educate the youth in a new way"; "cultivate respect in young people for their country"; "work more with children ."

State propaganda

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• "Write more, sell images, hang it in the streets"; "speak more about its history"; "propagandize"; "hang it out everywhere"; "hang out more flags"; "they must be in every house, shop, school, stadium"; "more talk about it"; "more info"; "carry out advertising campaigns"; "propaganda"; "the flag must be seen at all important events."

Raise public culture

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• "Raise public culture"; "teach people culture."

• "Public welfare should be raised"; "all depends on material well-being"; "welfare, economics"; "give jobs to everyone"; "if high salaries are paid, respect will grow"; "raise wages"; "give people jobs, improve their situations."

• "The nation should be raised from its knees, then everything will be okay with the flag"; "revive Russia, everything will be OK"; "gain prosperity for the country"; "revive the power"; "Russia should be raised higher"; "respect should grow for Russia in the world and for the leadership in our country"; "when the state restores its former might and respect from other states, there will be more respect for the anthem, flag and coat-of-arms."

Gain trust for the state and its leaders

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• "The authority of the government should be raised"; "we must begin respecting our leaders"; "if there is more respect for the government, there will be more respect for the flag"; "government structures must deserve the respect of the people"; "the leadership must restore the respect and confidence of the people"; "the rating of our leaders must be raised"; "the authorities must deserve public respect."

Show respect for the people

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• "People should be treated with respect"; "when they begin to respect the people, the people will respect the flag"; "one must respect the citizens"; "the authorities must respect the people"; "the people must be respected first of all"; "if the state respects the people, the people will respect the Russian flag"; "if the authorities begin to respect the people, the people will respond."

• "Restore the red color"; "revive the red banner"; "replace it with the red one"; "restore the old flag"; "leave the red one with the hammer and sickle."

• "Nothing is to be done"; "I don't care. "

• "Russians feel respectful for the flag"; "stable attitude"; "it is respected."

• "A flag is not a symbol to respect"; "perform concerts"; "get rid of alcoholics"; "introduce a new law."