In April, Russian athletes bound for Tokyo displayed their “neutral” uniforms. The country is banned from using its name, flag or anthem at the Olympics, imposed in response to a systemic ...

A group of teenagers in the Russian city of Tolyatti have been charged with criminal offences after singing the Ukrainian national anthem and "Our father is Bandera, Ukraine is our mother!", a ...

Mockery of Russia's national anthem could soon be a criminal offense that may land you a year-long jail sentence, Russian state news agency Itar-Tass reports.

MOSCOW, Dec. 30 -- President Vladimir Putin today approved new lyrics for the Russian national anthem, replacing an old paean to Lenin and communism with a hymn that celebrates a "holy country ...

Much to the surprise of its listeners, a major Russian radio station began playing the Ukrainian anthem and a string of anti-war songs. The station was hacked Wednesday, according to The Moscow ...

M O S C O W, Nov. 30 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin wants Russians to hum Stalin’s old anthem in the new millennium, but to sing of a flying Russian eagle instead of an “unbreakable ...

Taylor Swift's iconic hit "Shake It Off" is rarely mentioned in the same breath as the Russian national anthem but both have fallen foul of a new ruling on music in Chechnya. The Russian republic ...

Longtime women's basketball star Brittney Griner says the National Anthem "definitely hit different" after Russian imprisonment.

Strict enforcement of national symbol respect As reported by Wirtualna Polska, Russia enforces strict regulations regarding national symbols such as the anthem and flag. This is not the first ...

Brittney Griner said being held at a Russian penal colony made her think differently about the United States and that's why she stood for the national anthem.

Russian Orthodox Church Approves as Putin Decides to Sing to a Soviet Tune By Andrei Zolotov in Moscow Once wary Moscow Patriarchate now supports resurrecting former national anthem.

MOSCOW (AP) Russia s revived Soviet-era national anthem, which once praised the atheist Communist Party and dictator Josef Stalin, now celebrates Russia as a holy country that is protected by God ...