“Russia was oppressed by the Soviets to the depths of its soul.”
Under the Soviets the Russian people were oppressed by a bunch of criminal gangsters who used communism as cover. These days the Russian people are people are oppressed by a bunch of criminal gangsters who don’t bother with a political cover.
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No, the Soviets used communism as a tool not a cover.
These days the Soviets are gone. Russians have significantly greater freedom than they had under the Soviets.