DUMA BID FAILS TO RESTORE RED FLAG.

The Russian Duma yesterday rejected a Communist-sponsored bill that would have restored the Soviet-era red flag with the hammer and sickle and the old Communist national anthem (the melody alone, not the words, which hailed the "unbreakable union" of Soviet republics). The vote was 239 in favor to 90 against, but the attempt failed because it did not win the required two-thirds majority. (RTR, April 2)

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