[Clemenza]

Yes, Putin who admires Stalin and excuses Soviet crimes, while his country has some of the worst mortality and health indicators of a "white" country.

What you see marching in the streets are the sad lumpen losers of their respective countries. Anyone who admires Putin should take a cyanide cocktail immediately.

[dfwgator]

In the 1930s before the Non-Aggression Pact, many looked to the Soviet Union as the savior against the rise of Hitler.

Now the Russians are playing the same game, getting ahead of the curve and portraying themselves as the saviors against radical Islam.

[nathanbedford]

Drawing from a very limited anecdotal exposure to my neighbors here in Bavaria, I fear there is a very strong tendency to excuse Vladimir Putin and find fault with America at every turn.

Conspiracy theories abound, it is believed that America is fomenting a war at Germany's expense with Russia.

There is also some reason to believe that Russia has installed a very active agitprop organization in Germany which might be encouraging these demonstrations. The connection of Gerhard Schroeder to anything renders it suspect.

Street demonstrations against sharia are to be welcomed but I want to take a close look at the pro-Russian demonstrations.