in Russia the Russian Communist Party is basically the just the pensioner party now. They can mobilize huge numbers of boomers whenever Putin tries to cut social security, but they know they aren't launching a second revolution anytime soon. They still call themselves communists though, but the conditions just aren't right.
That's because the Party went socdem in the mid 80s (Perestroika anyone?) and has not advocated for socialist economics (iirc they support a "mixed economy") since the same era
in Russia the Russian Communist Party is basically the just the pensioner party now. They can mobilize huge numbers of boomers whenever Putin tries to cut social security, but they know they aren't launching a second revolution anytime soon. They still call themselves communists though, but the conditions just aren't right.
That's because the Party went socdem in the mid 80s (Perestroika anyone?) and has not advocated for socialist economics (iirc they support a "mixed economy") since the same era