If you follow the comment numbers back a few places, you should arrive at the comment where Chad says something about Putin erecting a statue of Dzerzhinski in front of an important building in Moscow. This goes hand in hand with Putin’s flying the old Soviet flag on the only tank in his military parade last year, also ordering Russian children to be chanting “Glory to the Soviet Nation” in their elementary grade classes. For some reason (or lack thereof) Putin thinks returning to the Soviet days of mass murder of millions of Russians is a good thing. He has now specialized in having Russians commit mass suicide by participating in “meat wave” assaults without adequate weapons while fighting in Ukraine.
Putin appreciated Soviet Power, but not the Communist aspect of it. He felt the same about the power during Czarist Rule, as well.