During a meeting Monday with pro-Kremlin activists in the southern city of Stavropol, Putin denounced Lenin and his government for brutally executing Russia's last czar along with all his family and servants, as well as killing thousands of priests and members of the bourgeoisie.
Voice of America: Putin denounces Lenin, says Stalin got it right
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the meeting of the Presidential Council for Science and Education at the Kremlin in Moscow, on January 21, 2016.
