Flag of Transnistria
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Transnistria (officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic or PMR), a breakaway state internationally recognised as part of Moldova, has a state flag, a presidential standard, and a customs flag. Additionally, the flag of Russia shares equal legal status with the state flag. Transnistria's state flag law outlines the design and use of the state flag. The state flag is a horizontal triband of red, green and red, in a 3:2:3 ratio, charged in the canton with a gold hammer and sickle crowned by a gold-bordered, five-pointed red star. The design is equivalent to that of the flag of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, which Transnistria broke away from in 1990. The reverse side of the state flag is a simplified version that omits the star, hammer and sickle. With the exception of government institutions, any organisation or individual may substitute the state flag with the simplified variant. Although the state flag retains Soviet-era communist symbols, Transnistria is not a communist state and the state flag law does not give the flag's symbols or colours any particular meaning.