Wednesday July 09, 2008 at 11:21

“He’s often vilified as one of the 20th century’s worst tyrants. But it seems that Joseph Stalin has a big following in modern Russia. In a nationwide poll to find the greatest hero in Russian history, the former Soviet leader is leading the pack by a landslide.”

RussiaToday : Was Stalin the greatest Russian ever?

Ah, nostalgia. It’s so much darker in the former Soviet bloc.