Well what would you expect from a patently corrupt, self serving President and cronies, who are dyed in the wool, soviet hungering Starlinists. And believe in strongman leaders regardless of the ethics, morality, humanity or normal human empathy.

The latter being no more evident in them, I believe, than in the most despicable of the Nazi butchers!
Alan B.

"Untold millions"? 20 million Russians murdered by Stalin. 20 million Russians deported by Stalin. 18 million Russians sent to gulags by Stalin.

Russian sense of humour. Black.

Russia is a sick puppy. Always was. Always will be.

Russian values. None.

G'day Alan B.

Re your "Well what would you expect from a patently corrupt, self serving President and cronies [who] believe in strongman leaders regardless of the ethics, morality, humanity or normal human empathy."

President?

I thought you were talking about Trump?!

Thanks for that Pete. You thought I was referring to President Trump!?

Well, everything might seem to fit, save a desire to see the S.S.R. reestablished? Unless you believe this is the direction he wants to take America as his own personal Fiefdom? With a very convenient minority to blame, attack and shift focus onto?

Where the very first attack must be on the free press and the truth. Just as it has the world over, when any tinpot tyrant lusts for power? Be it the Russian revisionist, the Turkish Tyrant, the Cambodian cartel or enfant terrible, Trump?
Alan B.

Hopefully the US body politic (one could even call it Democracy At A Price) is healthy enough to survive Trump's big man depredations.

Only 3 years of Trump's Presidency to go and no cocaine triggered 4am Trump Tweet has caused nuclear war yet.

That said. Mass murderer Lenin would sign Death Warrants for 1 million Russian ethnic minorities then Stalin topped that with 5 million Death Executive Orders.

Seems most Russians believe ex-FSB (was KGB) boss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin#1996%E2%80%931999:_Early_Moscow_career Putin has a more sensible, less murderous, head on his shoulders. Though I wouldn't want to be an opposition politician in Russia - like the one Putin probably ordered killed (verbally, nothing on paper) in 2015 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Nemtsov#Assassination

How the hell does Trump, and elected president, get mentioned in a discussion on a murdering piece of filth like Stalin?