БСБ

Russian

The white-blue-white flag used in an anti-war movement in Russia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɛ ɛz ˈbɛ] (phonetic respelling: бэ-эс-бэ́)

Proper noun

БСБ • (BSB) m inan (indeclinable)

1. (politics) initialism of бе́ло-си́не-бе́лый (bélo-síne-bélyj, “white-blue-white”): a protest flag used against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Derived terms

• бээсбэ́шник (bɛesbɛ́šnik, “BSB-er, a liberal Russian”) (internet slang, rare), БСБшник (BSBšnik, “a liberal Russian”) (usual spelling, internet slang, rare)

See also

• БЧБ (BČB, “white-scarlet-white, the old Belarusian flag used in anti-Lukashenko protests”)
• бе́сик (bésik, “white-blue-red, the Russian national flag”)
• автоза́к флаг (avtozák flag, “prison truck flag, named for its similar colour to the trucks' stripes”)
• прокла́дка (prokládka, “menstrual pad”) (offensive, named for the similar colours to a menstrual pad)
• ПРБ (PRB) (short for "прекра́сная Росси́я бу́дущего", "the beautiful Russia of the future", also used by supporters of this flag)