TASS: Putin explains his remarks about Vladimir Lenin
Earlier, Putin said Lenin had "planted an atom bomb under the building called Russia and that bomb went off a while later"
STAVROPOL, January 25. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has explained why he believes that Vladimir Lenin was the one who had planted a powerful bomb under the basement of the country’s statehood.
Speaking at an inter-regional forum of the All-Russia People’s Front Putin recalled that Lenin had a fundamental discussion with Stalin over the principles a future state should rest upon. Stalin’s ideas were rejected and the country was built on ideas implying the possibility of secession of constituent territories. "That right [to secession] was the delayed action mine planted under our statehood. This is what caused the country’s eventual breakup," Putin said.
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WNU Editor: I am surprised that he made these remarks public .... and if you look at his body language in the above video, it is clear that he feels uncomfortable saying it. Mind you .... with the exception of only handful of supporters, support for Communism and Lenin is rock bottom in Russia. In fact .... quoting my father who lived under Soviet Communism for much of his life .... "there are more Communists and supporters of Lenin in the West, than in Russia".
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2 comments:
I was more caught by some of the other things he said.
What seemed to be an inference of Stalin's correct line versus Lenin's.
That he liked, and still likes, Communist and socialist ideals very much.
He did not destroy his Communist Party membership card and keeps it at home.
While he criticized the Communist economy he recognized its very real, and important, accomplishments.
He believes that history should be studied objectively (this one I agree and disagree with).
RRH .... I still have my Communist membership card. And a whole bunch of other interesting credentials back in Moscow. But if you call me a Communist .... it would take me about 30 minutes to stop laughing.
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