Here is the odd thing – at every stage of the early conflict – when the DPR and LPR was defended only by poorly supplied local militias and internationalist foreigners (i remember “Black Lenin” from the UK) – the KPRF was photographed delivering food and medicine supplies to the frontline – exposing themselves to the dangers of war. It was heart warming to see this humanitarian solidarity in action. The Russian State entrusted the KPRF in performing this vital and important task. Much of the work involved helping children, babies, pregnant women, the elderly and the disabled, as well as the young and the fit. I know – as I volunteered to translate their Cyrillic news articles into English (so the Western world could know their struggle) for the Kommunist Parties of Donetsk and Lugansk when they were independent entities – prior to becoming “branches” of the KPRF. Where did all this co-operation and good-will go? I understand the October 4th protest – but it is petty when compared to freeing Donbass from Neo-Nazism. which brings me to my second point – why is the KPRF now “ignoring” the fact that Kyiv is under Neo-Nazi dominance? None of this makes much sense.
