Down-the-line.com / Figure Skating. Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Svishchev, advocated that before each sports competition in Russia, they raise the national flag and sing the anthem.

“It is necessary to raise the issue of the flag. A flag hangs in every American yard, in the Baltic countries a house cannot be rented without a flagpole. I recently hung the flag of the Russian Federation in my office , I was asked to remove it.

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I propose to introduce a law into the law so that in all sports facilities, regardless of their status, the day begins with the raising of the flag and the singing of the anthem. Our children need to get used to it, they need to know that the flag is a pride, a national treasure,” Svishchev said as quoted by Match TV.