[ETL]

"Putin, who served as a colonel in the KGB, has resurrected some communist symbols during his presidency, bringing back the music of the old Soviet anthem and the Soviet-style red banner as the military’s flag.

In the 50-minute address at the Kremlin, Putin avoided mentioning the need to work more closely with other former Soviet republics - in contrast to previous addresses ..."

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/archive/index.php/t-42328.html

[cunning_fish]

>>>”Putin, who served as a colonel in the KGB, has resurrected some communist symbols during his presidency, bringing back the music of the old Soviet anthem and the Soviet-style red banner as the military’s flag.<<<

BS. Russian Navy flag is a St.Andrew’s cross, AF is white-blue and land forces - all-red (no hummer and sickle as Soviets had).

As for an anthem, what exactly was wrong with a Soviet music? Yeltsin’s Imperial “God, save the Czar” made no sense at all, because Czar has long gone.