Once wary Moscow Patriarchate now supports resurrecting former national anthem. After initial hesitation, the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church has expressed support for President ...
NPR's Michele Kelemen reports from Moscow that Russia looks ready to bring back the Soviet national anthem - without the references to Lenin and the indestructible union of Soviet republics, of course ...
M O S C O W, Dec. 26 -- The tune that Russians once sang in praise of the “unbreakable” Soviet Union is their anthem again, a decade after the union broke up. Russian President Vladimir Putin today ...