If Russia were truly done with Communism and are now “Capitalists”, why would they still support Marxist dictatorships such as Venezuela, Cuba, other Marxist regimes throughout Latin America, the ChiComs and North Korea?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agronomy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysenkoism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trofim_Lysenko
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmentalism
“If Russia were truly done with Communism and are now “Capitalists”, why would they still support Marxist dictatorships.....”
Because it costs them little and inconveniences the West. There’s also a lot of Soviet nostalgia among the Russian leadership.
You might also ask why Russia gives aid & comfort to the various Muslim entities in the Middle East & Central Asia, especially when it has a huge Muslim problem within its own borders. Answer - “the enemy of my enemy is my friend”.
There’s an excellent article at www.spectator.org about the never-ending political need for Moscow to blame external foes for Russia’s problems.
As for this article, the fact remains that there are to this day far more Marxists in the faculty lounges of American universities than there ever were in the now defunct Soviet Union.