Moscow, 8 December 2000 (RFE/RL) -- The Soviet Union's national anthem for almost 50 years, before being abolished by President Boris Yeltsin shortly after the collapse of communism, ...

World News: MOSCOW: The old Soviet hymn is unacceptable for today's Russia, a prominent reformist leader and lawmaker has warned, deepening the public controversy ...

Kyrgyzstan is getting rid of its Soviet-inspired national anthem and has launched an unprecedented public contest to find an alternative. Speaking during a rehearsal at the music conservatory in ...

Kyrgyzstan is getting rid of its Soviet-inspired national anthem and has launched an unprecedented public contest to find an alternative. The mountainous central Asian country adopted a new anthem in ...