“Putin is not communist.”
Ha, you mean he isn’t anymore? Technically, correct. Now he’s just a fascist.
Well, I think he is. Modern Russia is an oligarchy ruled by monopolist corporations&tycoons and government is a branch of this system. Putin is on top until he can ballance the system to keep fat cats fat and mices brainwashed enough to think their crumb of mouldy cheese is a god-send treasure.
It doesn’t seems he can.
The biggest danger to me is a communist comeback after Putie’s possible failure in Russia.
There are too many stupid young people there who haven’t really lived under communism and are idealitic about it based on some of commie achievements they are linking to national pride which modern Russia lacks in their opinion. Another pro-commie group are older Russians who used to rely on nunny state and still can’t find themself in new reality with responsibility and enterprise as a value.