Possible Clues:

• Made cash Kremlin converted into revolutionary tools
• [U.S.S.R.]
• Old standard typically in the hands of The Carpenters as well as those in 26 across
• Emblem on flag of Soviet Union
• Slam troubled land embracing distasteful and ultimately obsolete emblem
• Working man's marched like an emblem of his kind?
• Band loses the head after 26 across is disappointed with the foreign old standard
• Soviet Union symbol
• Spoilt children ask me around in the morning -- this is symbolic
• Obsolete political tools?