“There is no equating modern Russia with Soviet Communism or even Nazi Germany which some try to do.”
I disagree. Russia created the first communist super-state. And Russia set itself as the political, social, economic, and military center of that super-state. Many in Russia pine for the “good old days” of the Soviet Union (perhaps that’s why the Soviet red flag with hammer-and-sickle is still prominently displayed in Russia).
In any event, today Russia exhibits more fascist tendencies than communist (but the two are just flipsides of the socialist coin).
So, there IS justification for equating modern Russia with both communism and fascism.
Armageddon Here We Come!