[ETL]

I don’t recall Putin ever having called himself a Marxist ever since the fall of the old Soviet Union.

Doesn't matter what he calls himself, or admits openly. The Russians, particularly the KGB/FSB were/are masters at the art of deception.

Check out my post 26 on this thread. You can, if you want, read both books online.

[Jacob Kell]

Putin is a untrustworthy and unsavory despot, but Golitsyn is a fraud. He claimed that the collapse of Communism in not just the Soviet Union, but also the rest of East Europe was staged.