Nothing should surprise us when Russian President Vladimir Putin goes on record warning against ‘excessively demonizing’ a dictator responsible for the death of millions, and that same dictator, Joseph Stalin, is considered ‘the most outstanding figure of all ages and nations’ by a terrifying 38 percent of Russians polled. Yet the news that the Moscow Law Academy has erected a monument to this mass murderer is still profoundly shocking. So too is the fact that only one voice has thus far been heard in protest.
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Halya Coynash: Russians name Stalin and Putin ‘the most outstanding figures’ of all times
This photo taken on July 28, 2014 shows a placard depicting Adolf Hitler (L), Joseph Stalin (C) and Russian President Vladimir Putin displayed on the Maidan camp on Independence Square in Kyiv.
