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Russians see no option but to embrace their dictators:
"It found that support for Stalin in Russia has actually increased since the Soviet collapse."
Poll Finds Stalin s Popularity High News The Moscow Times
"The positive image of the dictator reflects a desire for order and the imminent punishment of wrongdoers. Victoria Sultanova of the Putin-supporting Nashi youth movement told Mr Putin last year: “This corruption, crime… there were no such things under Stalin, because everyone was scared.” She said this was a good reason for Russia to return to totalitarian rule."
Josef Stalin revered and reviled in modern Russia - Telegraph
In his book, he concludes that there was more similarity between Hitler and Stalin than usually acknowledged: "Both chewed up the lives of human beings in the name of a transformative vision of Utopia. Both destroyed their countries and societies, as well as vast numbers of people inside and outside their own states. Both, in the end, were genocidaires."
Stalin killed millions. A Stanford historian answers the question was it genocide
"Putin had tradition on his side. That tradition began with the origins of Russia itself, a country that has almost never had truly effective public institutions and whose citizens have always preferred appealing to the will of the monarch, whether it was a prince, emperor or a secretary general."
"Political logic compels Putin to switch into "Stalin mode." Seeing the risk inherent in opening the floodgates of real democracy — a system that the majority of Russians still distrust — while at the same time having to modernize the corrupt Russian state, Putin has no choice but to wage an authoritarian and populist revolution from above."
Will Putin Become a New Stalin Opinion The Moscow Times
Read the article links and the source of Putin's popularity is clear. A tragic state of affairs for the average Russian.
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"It found that support for Stalin in Russia has actually increased since the Soviet collapse."
Poll Finds Stalin s Popularity High News The Moscow Times
"The positive image of the dictator reflects a desire for order and the imminent punishment of wrongdoers. Victoria Sultanova of the Putin-supporting Nashi youth movement told Mr Putin last year: “This corruption, crime… there were no such things under Stalin, because everyone was scared.” She said this was a good reason for Russia to return to totalitarian rule."
Josef Stalin revered and reviled in modern Russia - Telegraph
In his book, he concludes that there was more similarity between Hitler and Stalin than usually acknowledged: "Both chewed up the lives of human beings in the name of a transformative vision of Utopia. Both destroyed their countries and societies, as well as vast numbers of people inside and outside their own states. Both, in the end, were genocidaires."
Stalin killed millions. A Stanford historian answers the question was it genocide
"Putin had tradition on his side. That tradition began with the origins of Russia itself, a country that has almost never had truly effective public institutions and whose citizens have always preferred appealing to the will of the monarch, whether it was a prince, emperor or a secretary general."
"Political logic compels Putin to switch into "Stalin mode." Seeing the risk inherent in opening the floodgates of real democracy — a system that the majority of Russians still distrust — while at the same time having to modernize the corrupt Russian state, Putin has no choice but to wage an authoritarian and populist revolution from above."
Will Putin Become a New Stalin Opinion The Moscow Times
Read the article links and the source of Putin's popularity is clear. A tragic state of affairs for the average Russian.
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