The history of the Russian national anthem is as rich and complicated as the country’s. Here’s how we got to the lyrics and melody we hear today. Like its culture and reputation on the world stage, ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R), together with well-known Russian singer Larisa Dolina, sings the national anthem during a concert marking the first anniversary of the Crimean treaty signing ...

Among the blur of national anthems at this year’s Olympics, one tune stands out: Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1. On the podium, victorious Russian athletes are not allowed to stand ...

The country's national anthem followed, and then came "I don't need war" by the Russian rock band Nogu Svelo. Alexey Vorobyov, editor-in-chief of Kommersant FM, told Russia's Tass news agency that ...

The Russian national anthem was played in Belgrade on Monday as hundreds of Serbians, including senior government officials, assembled for Victory Day, showing the political strain of a country ...

On Sunday, the International Olympic Committee rejected a late appeal from Russia to be reinstated prior to the close of the PyeongChang Games after being banned for a doping scandal in Sochi. No ...

Sergei Mikhalkov, who wrote the lyrics for the Soviet and Russian national anthems and also persecuted dissident writers as part of the Soviet propaganda machine, has died. He was 96. Mikhalkov ...

After fighting off Germany for a 4-3 overtime win in the gold-medal game, the Russian athletes sang the Russian national anthem during the medal ceremony -- a violation of a rule that the IOC had ...

Organizers flubbed the Russian national anthem on consecutive days at World Championships events on two different continents. On Monday, the wrong Russian anthem was played during the medal ceremony ...