did not want the Russian national anthem to be played at the notorious party and it was not them to finance the festivities, an organizer of the party told TASS. Life.ru news portal reported on ...

Like some other athletes, she stopped standing for the anthem in 2020 as a form of protest against the U.S. After being imprisoned for ten months in Russia ... able to hear my national anthem ...

"I was disappointed not to hear our national anthem," lamented a Russian athlete ... of a young girl whose lover has gone to war. The lyrics go to the effect, "Let him defend our Fatherland ...