As an Eastern European person living in the region and closer to the sources, this is close. Communists in Moldova and Russia are more about anti-Western conservatism, based in cold-war nationalism.
Common talking points: Russia VS the removed West. We won't give up our country to the US, to the LGBT EU propaganda, we protect our Christian values, we need a strict dictator, like Stalin(Putin will do) , to keep the order. World War 2 was a crowning achievement of our military might. We want to have our status as a global military power back.
That is like the conservative wing of the Putin supporters. The only thing that leftists have in common with them is being against a neoliberal takeover from foreign corporations. There are actual leftist organizations, including marxist-leninist ones, that will never support either Putin or the western-backed liberal opposition.
As an Eastern European person living in the region and closer to the sources, this is close. Communists in Moldova and Russia are more about anti-Western conservatism, based in cold-war nationalism.
Common talking points: Russia VS the removed West. We won't give up our country to the US, to the LGBT EU propaganda, we protect our Christian values, we need a strict dictator, like Stalin(Putin will do) , to keep the order. World War 2 was a crowning achievement of our military might. We want to have our status as a global military power back.
That is like the conservative wing of the Putin supporters. The only thing that leftists have in common with them is being against a neoliberal takeover from foreign corporations. There are actual leftist organizations, including marxist-leninist ones, that will never support either Putin or the western-backed liberal opposition.