[kaktuskid]

More czarist than communist.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

Modernized Stalinism lite. None of the regality of tsarism.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

Modernized Stalinism lite. None of the regality of tsarism.

And the farce of state religion on display:

Cuba's Raul Castro decorating Patriarch Kirill, leader of the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church. And below is Russian Orthodox clergy with North Korean dignitaries to celebrate 70 years of friendly Russia-NK relations.