I hope that “agents provocateur” (Trotskyites and CIA, etc) have not infiltrated the CPRF and are attempting to drive a wedge between the CPRF, the Russian people, and the government of Russia (just think about how many Russians have fought and died – including Communists). The last thing we need is for the CPRF to be “banned”. Timely protest important – but untimely protest is disastrous and uncalled for. Remember, the Lugansk and Donetsk Republics were declared “Socialist” in nature. The Russians lost their freedom when the USSR was abolished in 1991 – but the rot began in 1956 with Khrushchev’s demonisation of Stalin and the eventual election of Gorbachev. The betrayal of Lenin and Stalin has been a long and winding slippery slope. This has set-back the cause of Communism by decades. The CPRF is now an aspect of the capitalist system it has to work within. Acting in a manner which ignores this reality defies the dialectics of historical materialism. The current government is not directly responsible for 1991 or 1993. Work with it – not against it. The bigger picture involves the confronting of Neo-Nazism in Ukraine.
