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TVguyCards

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5. Putin is NOT a Communist

Reply to usonian (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 10:49 AM

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He's an authoritarian strong man who leads a Capitalist state.
He doesn't follow Marxist-Leninist ideology and his alliance is with oligarchs, state-controlled Capitalism, and Conservative Nationalists.

Here's a good article from History On The Net titled "Is Russia Communist Today?"

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