talking completely agreeable points about China then transposing them to Russia ain't gonna convince me.

China is a fucking dictatorship of the proletariat im not gonna accept Russia being given the same leeway on the grounds it also opposes US hegemony.

at its core your argument is 'something's gotta give' and you hope Russia is going to take a not fascist path at some future juncture.

where is the evidence for Russia supporting socialism? what has the Putin government done to advance socialism? what is your belief of Putin preventing fascism based on?

wanting a bigger slice of the pie is NOT building the productive forces for socialism. it does not fight fascism.