Crimeans in Sevastopol cheering Putin's annexation speech 2014.
Crimeans in Sevastopol cheering Putin's annexation speech 2014.
Just do note the age of those waving the flags.....they aren’t going to change at their age to see that Russia is not the Soviet Union today.
That ole lady was probably a friend of Stalin’s mother.
First, here is a more representative photo of the night of the vote:
Crowd in Crimea after vote to join Russia (2014)
Russian tri-color flags everywhere. A Google images search on Crimea vote crowd shows a sea of Russian flags.
Second, its really getting old on FR when people post photos of crowds with hammer-and-sickle symbols as evidence that "Communism is back" or some other BS. Lets look at the posted photo for some hints as to what is going on: 1) Elderly person...many elderly have nostalgia for USSR, 2) The calendar is a victory (WW2) celebration: it says "70th anniversary of the liberation of Sevastopol". 3) The old person is wearing a St. George ribbon, another WW2 victory symbol.
In Russia, the only time the hammer and sickle/Stalin photos come out (other than the retarded rallies of the hopeless KPRF party that everyone makes fun of) is when celebrating the WW2 victory. Russians won WW2 as the USSR, and they celebrate that victory and honor their veterans with the banner under which they fought and sacrificed. Full stop. There is no sinister meaning here.
I've been living in Russia for over a year now. There is no Communist presence or agenda here. Communist is a vestige of the past, and NO ONE, aside from a few radicals, looks to it for the future.