Edit: To actually seriously answer the question, as a socialist experiment I think the USSR deserves our support in and off itself, not uncritically or blindly of course.
Everyone has there opinion of "where it went wrong" some say during Gorbachav, others Kruschev, and others again Stalin.
The History of the Soviet Union isn't really as simple as this one guy is Secretary General or whatever and has complete control, there were a bunch of people within the party who invariably disagreed on the best way to achieve socialism/communism, or in fact where even opportunist or revisionist, but the stated goal was always a communist transition.
So even if, say, I believe it all started to go wrong under Gorbachav, I don't think that means to stop "stanning" (as you put it) the USSR, because the USSR is not just Gorbachav.
I currently hold a similar position to China, I am under no illusions that everyone in the Party of government is a communist or isn't corrupt or can't effect policy in a negative way, nor do I think people within the CPC who actually want to achieve communism are perfect, or always make the right choice, or aren't susceptible to pressures and bias.
But as long as the transition to communism is a stated goal of the PRC and as long as there are people within the CCP (or however the abbreviation goes) I will generally support the idea of the Chinese Communist State.
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Edit: To actually seriously answer the question, as a socialist experiment I think the USSR deserves our support in and off itself, not uncritically or blindly of course. Everyone has there opinion of "where it went wrong" some say during Gorbachav, others Kruschev, and others again Stalin.
The History of the Soviet Union isn't really as simple as this one guy is Secretary General or whatever and has complete control, there were a bunch of people within the party who invariably disagreed on the best way to achieve socialism/communism, or in fact where even opportunist or revisionist, but the stated goal was always a communist transition.
So even if, say, I believe it all started to go wrong under Gorbachav, I don't think that means to stop "stanning" (as you put it) the USSR, because the USSR is not just Gorbachav. I currently hold a similar position to China, I am under no illusions that everyone in the Party of government is a communist or isn't corrupt or can't effect policy in a negative way, nor do I think people within the CPC who actually want to achieve communism are perfect, or always make the right choice, or aren't susceptible to pressures and bias. But as long as the transition to communism is a stated goal of the PRC and as long as there are people within the CCP (or however the abbreviation goes) I will generally support the idea of the Chinese Communist State.