[ETL]

I know enough history to recognize that Putin, and Russia, respect Stalin (to this day) for defeating Hitler.

Meanwhile Stalin murdered at least 3 times as many people.

[Randall_S]

Again, I don’t need a history lesson. I’m aware of the counts.
You, on the contrary, do not seem to be able to assimilate other perspectives. In this case, the perspective of Russians - not only Putin, but Russians at large.