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===MAGA Communism, right-wing/Communist syncretism against Ukraine===

===MAGA Communism, right-wing/Communist syncretism against Ukraine===

[[File:Putin I'm not bluffing.PNG|thumb|right|200px|With the outbreak of the Russo-Ukraine War, Russian president [[Vladimir Putin]], a former [[KGB]] member, gradually gained a massive coalition of support from comsymps.]]

[[File:Putin I'm not bluffing.PNG|thumb|right|200px|With the outbreak of the Russo-Ukraine War, Russian president [[Vladimir Putin]], a former [[KGB]] member, gradually gained a massive coalition of support from comsymps.]]

Amidst the [[Russia-Ukraine War]], numerous figures on the political right have glowingly referenced articles by anarchist, socialist, Communist, and various other far-left outlets which glorify [[Vladimir Putin]], a neo-Communist who mourns the the demise of the [[Soviet Union]] as a "genuine tragedy."<ref>Associated Pres (April 25, 2005). [https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna7632057 Putin: Soviet collapse a 'genuine tragedy']. ''NBC News''. Retrieved May 16, 2023.</ref><ref>Osborn, Andrew; Ostroukh, Andrey (December 12 2021). [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-rues-soviet-collapse-demise-historical-russia-2021-12-12/ Putin rues Soviet collapse as demise of 'historical Russia']. ''Reuters''. Retrieved May 16, 2023.</ref> According to the [[Heritage Foundation]]:<ref>Edwards, Lee (June 7, 2022). [https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/putin-the-marxist-leninist Putin the Marxist-Leninist]. ''Heritage Foundation''. Retrieved May 16, 2023.</ref>

Amidst the [[Russia-Ukraine War]], numerous figures on the political right have glowingly referenced articles by anarchist, socialist, Communist, and various other far-left outlets which glorify [[Vladimir Putin]], who mourns the the demise of the [[Soviet Union]] as a "genuine tragedy."<ref>Associated Pres (April 25, 2005). [https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna7632057 Putin: Soviet collapse a 'genuine tragedy']. ''NBC News''. Retrieved May 16, 2023.</ref><ref>Osborn, Andrew; Ostroukh, Andrey (December 12 2021). [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-rues-soviet-collapse-demise-historical-russia-2021-12-12/ Putin rues Soviet collapse as demise of 'historical Russia']. ''Reuters''. Retrieved May 16, 2023.</ref> According to the [[Heritage Foundation]]:<ref>Edwards, Lee (June 7, 2022). [https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/putin-the-marxist-leninist Putin the Marxist-Leninist]. ''Heritage Foundation''. Retrieved May 16, 2023.</ref>

{{cquote|An educated Marxist-Leninist such as Putin accepted that there had been more than 100 million victims of communism, an acceptable price to pay to remodel the world. He accepted the purges that Lenin and Stalin used to cement their rule, the forced famines that eliminated enemies of the state, the forced labor camps in Siberia, the tight control of all media. Putin studied the techniques of agitation and propaganda, applying them in his KGB assignment in Dresden in East Germany during the Cold War.

{{cquote|An educated Marxist-Leninist such as Putin accepted that there had been more than 100 million victims of communism, an acceptable price to pay to remodel the world. He accepted the purges that Lenin and Stalin used to cement their rule, the forced famines that eliminated enemies of the state, the forced labor camps in Siberia, the tight control of all media. Putin studied the techniques of agitation and propaganda, applying them in his KGB assignment in Dresden in East Germany during the Cold War.