I recall that. It was terrible. At least then we didn’t have pseudo conservatives making excuses for the Soviets. Now, with a former KGB man trying to reestablish the old Soviet empire, we end up with too many people who are more pro-Putin than pro-American. May Congressman Larry McDonald, a fine conservative in the old school sense (not the crank new age pro-putin one) rest in peace.
Putin seems pretty conservative to me. I don’t think the problems with Russian are liberal/conservative in nature.