"If you are going to Judge Russia by its past, it is best to at least understand its history. For the record, even Lenin warned not to put Stalin in charge. It may shock you, but Stalin was not a Russian and his henchman was Polish. This is why scholars have debated was the Russian Tsar murdered with his family by leaders who were not Russian?

It is wrong to judge Russia by Stalin and today the powers that be just hate the Russian people and attribute everything to Putin. It is essential to also understand that there is a left and a right in Russia that still prevails today and Putin is a moderate that if ignored by the West, will drive Russia into the hands of the extreme right.

We MUST understand history for there has always been a question of where Russia begins and ends territorially and who actually constitutes the Russian people. These questions have been debated by Russian scholars themselves for decades post-Russian Revolution which ended more than 300 years of tsarist rule that was linked to Western Europe. Believe it or not, Putin is NOT trying to resurrect the Soviet Union for that was not even the vision of Lenin – but Stalin. Putin has been critical of Lenin, Laus Schwab’s idol, and he has not attempted to impose the authoritarian rule of Stalin."