[FairOpinion]

I didn't see your articles about communism being a major factor, but I believe they said that.

I think "communism" is being used as a catch-all word. The "communists" didn't really believe in the communist ideas any more than you or I, they merely used that as convenient propaganda to stay in power. Most "communist" leaders were and are just power hungry politicians, would-be dictators.

Putin used to be a communist, and having worked in the KGB, he is no "genle soul", but he is also very smart, and knows that communism, as a system, is dead, as in DEAD, and he is balancing a lot of different things and agendas of various people in Russia.

[Calpernia]

Here are the articles I posted:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1072462/posts?page=179#179

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1072462/posts?page=187#187

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