"The Democratic Party is traditionally closer to the so-called liberal values, closer to social democratic ideas," Putin said. "And it was from the social democratic environment that the Communist Party evolved."
That title is incredibly misleading.
But to think that the Social Democracy of Lenin's RSDLP is somehow comparable to western Social Democrats of our day is pretty ridiculous too.
This has to be literally fake because putin has nothing to do with communism and wouldn't ever describe himself as one
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That title is incredibly misleading.
But to think that the Social Democracy of Lenin's RSDLP is somehow comparable to western Social Democrats of our day is pretty ridiculous too.
this makes me seethe but I have to admit it's a tactically good play for a right wing oligarch.
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