October 19, 2012

Why Russia's Thinkers Celebrate Putin

Nina Khrushcheva, Newsweek

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My great-grandfather did not denounce Joseph Stalin’s cult of personality 56 years ago so we would obediently celebrate Vladimir Putin’s cult today.

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