Mark Galeotti: Russia’s Communist Party making comeback — it’s bad news for Putin
A Russian communist party supporter holds red carnations and a portrait of late Soviet leader Joseph Stalin during a memorial ceremony to mark the 63rd anniversary of his death at Moscow's Red Square on March 5.
In late January, speaking in the Russian city of Stavropol, Vladimir Putin denounced Soviet Communist leader Vladimir Lenin for, as Putin put it, placing an "atomic bomb" under the foundations of the Soviet Union by nationality policies that allowed non-Russians the right to secede.
