Ever since president Boris Yeltsin abolished the Soviet anthem seven years ago, Russia has been looking for a text to replace it. Now, some Russian politicians -- and not only communists -- are ...

The new text goes with the Soviet music ... but do not identify the deity with Russian Orthodoxy or any particular religion. The Soviet anthem praised an "unbreakable union of republics ...

Kyrgyzstan is getting rid of its Soviet-inspired national anthem ... A poet friend wrote the text. "The new anthem must be better than the previous one in every way. Otherwise people will wonder ...

Russia yesterday restored the Soviet anthem, giving President Putin's efforts ... will have to be composed afresh. The most recent text refers to "Lenin's Party, the people's force".

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 ...

Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) (AFP) – Kyrgyzstan is getting rid of its Soviet-inspired national ... A poet friend wrote the text. "The new anthem must be better than the previous one in every way.