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Zenithian Legend posted...

They're planning to reacquire all the former Soviet countries. Ukraine being the largest, is obviously first.

Its not really that exactly, in his speech a few days ago Putin criticised Lenin for allowing Ukraine to form as a Soviet Republic at all, and he stated that he views the destruction of Ukraine as the only way to complete decommunisation. He doesnt want to go back to the Soviet days, he wants to go back to the Russian Empire.

This is the thing though, the people saying that it was a fake revolution or acting like Russias still communist are wrong. It is a very different Russia. Just not, as it happens, a better Russia. The tankies stanning for Putin are absolutely ludicrous, its a hard right very anti-communist dictatorship that is an ultra-capitalist corporate dystopia invading a democracy. If you want to talk about fascists, look no further than elements of the Russian government. No self-respecting left-winger or communist should be siding with a state like that. It is, fortunately, a small minority.

So yeah this is awful, everybody supporting it is awful, and hopefully all nations western or otherwise will join in a strong response.