Andrei Isayev, first deputy chief of United Russia’s presidium, warned Communists on Thursday that he might initiate talks to bury Lenin in response to a Communist bill seeking to remove a reference to god from the national anthem.

The Communists said they were willing to accept the challenge if burying Lenin were put to a national referendum.

“Now, when the Communist Party is openly attacking a state symbol, I think we should reopen the public discussion we broke off about burying Lenin’s body,” Isayev said, Interfax reported.

(Reuters)