[2] From the first issue in November 1905 until the end of the year Russkoye Znamya was released weekly.

[2] Defunct The motto of Russkoye Znamya, "For Orthodox Belief, Autocratic Czar, Indivisible Fatherland and Russia for Russians", was stylistically processed so that even while inverted, this phrase would sound fabulous and epic.

Russkoye Znamya has consistently advocated unlimited autocracy and became notoriously known for its pronounced antisemitic stance.

In its critical and accusatory articles against the State Duma, liberal and leftist radicals the newspaper often went beyond censored limitations and hence was repeatedly harassed for libel and defamation.

Having supported in 1914 the slogan of "the war to the bitter end", in the course of World War I the newspaper abandoned it in favour of calls for the alliance with German monarchy for the sake of saving both country from the impending revolutions.