Notorious Russian politician wants to remove words about 'fraternal peoples' from national anthem


Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the leader of Liberal and Democratic Party of Russia, has come up with the idea of editing Russian national anthem: according to the politician, the line referring to the ‘union of fraternal peoples’ should be removed.

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“Who are these peoples now? They are fascists and murderers! [We have] a long anthem, the longest anthem in the world, even щгк athletes do not stand up to [listening to it in full,” Zhirinovsky said.

It is necessary to remove four lines containing the words about the fraternal peoples, he said in the State Duma.

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In August 2014 Zhirinovsky put forward the initiative to change the current national anthem for “God Save the Tsar” and replaced the Russian tricolor by the imperial flag. Furthermore, the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s took a new position – that of ‘The Supreme Ruler’.

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