How Putin Seeks to Whitewash Stalin's Terror Regime to His Benefit

Settling Russia's Brutal Elite: The Siloviki

1. Stalin's bust (Clay Gilliland, July 19, 2014, Creative Commons Attribution) Stalin's busts are being raised again across Russia. 2. Vladimir Putin (Kremlin.ru,— public domain). The President has been lifting Stalin's memory

We are witnessing a highly aggressive Russia undermining the value of human life in favor of the centralized power and extension of its territory. But this aggressiveness is not from today, though Vladimir Putin tries to muffle it. Russia's brutal policies have a particular…