STAATSDUMA RUSSIA ASSUMED OF PRESIDENT THE BROUGHT IN BILL OVER THE
TEXT OF THE HYMNE








MOSCOW, 7 March.  / Korr. of the RIA " Nowosti " /. the Staatsduma of
the RF assumed the bill brought in by the president in the third,
final reading over the text of the Staatshymne to verses of Sergej
Michalkow.

How the RIA "Nowosti" rIA-"Nowosti"-Korrespondent announces, 345 House
of Commons delegates have been correct for it and 19 against it, one
contained of the voice.  For the adoption of resolutions 300 voices
were necessary.

The bill is now to the federation council, which upper house of the
parliament, are passed on.

With the discussion of the bill Alexander Kotenkow, authorized person
representative of the president called the delegates in the
Staatsduma, to make at the verses of Sergej Michalkow no corrections.
  " it is impossible to amend an author text by corrections ",
explained it.

Kotenkow referred to the fact that the word " in the text written by
Michalkow will leave God " should.  Some delegates turned against it
and argued with the fact that God was present only in the Christian
religion.  " I can explain myself in agreement with such criticism not
", said Kotenkow, " God am present in all religions, the Jewish,
mosleminischen and rechtglaeubigen, ".