And if you want to get technical, the USN flag should be 48 white stars on a blue
background as a flag.

russian federation/imperial navy (aka. anreevskij) flag is a blue X on a white
background... this is definitely the soviet era naval flag..

What are you talking about? The only flag I've seen them using on here for the
Soviet Navy is the actual Soviet Navy's flag, it's a white field with a light blue base
bar, a red star, and hammer and sickle. It is literally all over here. And if you're
referencing the Test Server, which you have to be since they haven't released the
Soviets on the game server, that isn't a pure indication that it's what will be
released on the patch thursday. Like I said, anywhere I check, SDE has used the
correct flag for the Soviet Navy, which is different from the crimson and gold you are
referring to. Like the UK's Royal Navy flag is not the actual British flag. Just be
patient, and you'll see when the patch gets released in 48 hours.