Russian Communist Party MPs are seeking the reintroduction of Soviet-era laws under which personal property can be confiscated as a separate punishment and not as a way to compensate damages inflicted by convicts. Read more In the explanatory note attached with the bill drafted by Communist MPs, the lawmakers said that confiscation of property was […]
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When Fake Communists Took Over a Wisconsin Town
Early one fine May morning, five security guards approached the house of Ralph Kronenwetter, the mayor of Mosinee, Wisconsin. “Come out with your hands on your head!” Chief Commissar Joseph Kornfeder yelled. The mayor stumbled out the front door in his pajamas and bathrobe and surrendered. The commissar and the guards weren’t the only ones […]
End of an era: Russian Communists trade veteran leader for farm mogul as 2018 presidential pick
Published time: 23 Dec, 2017 19:39 Edited time: 23 Dec, 2017 20:37 Russian communists have settled on a surprise pick for its 2018 presidential candidate. Pavel Grudinin, 57, a farm mogul running a so-called “island of socialism,” will replace the party’s evergreen leader, Gennady Zyuganov. It was widely expected that long-time leader Zyuganov, an ever-present […]
Polish hostel bans entry to all ‘Jews, communists and traitors’
Published time: 24 Nov, 2017 00:39 A hostel in southwestern Poland has stirred controversy and drawn condemnation after social media users called attention to a huge banner, reportedly hanging outside the establishment for several months, which bars entry to all “Jews, communists, thieves and traitors.” Earlier this week, users on Twitter and Google Maps spotted […]
Communists draft bill on nationwide amnesty to honor centenary of 1917 Bolshevik Revolution
Published time: 28 Sep, 2017 14:57 MPs representing the Communist Party of the Russian Federation have drafted a bill proposing a major amnesty in relation to the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution, citing a boost to the authority of state power as the main reason. “The proposal is based on historical traditions of Russian […]
‘Russophobic gesture’: Communists denounce plans to remove Seattle Lenin statue
Published time: 18 Aug, 2017 12:19 The Russian Communist Party has criticized the authorities in the US city of Seattle over plans to remove a statue of Lenin from the city. The party said it is against vandalism and supports the diversity of monuments to different political ideals all over the world. “The war of […]
Putin promised to keep Lenin’s body in Moscow mausoleum, communists say
Published time: 2 Aug, 2017 13:20 The head of the Russian Communist Party has said that Vladimir Putin promised him that as long as he remains president, Vladimir Lenin’s body will stay in the mausoleum in Red Square. Read more Gennadiy Zyuganov made the comments at the Terra Scientia international youth education forum. “As long […]