He died almost a century ago, but they still haven’t gotten around to burying him. So, it’s fair to say Vladimir Lenin still casts a long shadow on the Russian political scene.
For obvious reasons, Russia’s Communist Party has made itself the protector of the Bolshevik leader’s legacy and it tends to react sensitively to any perceived slight. Now many of its members are up in arms over plans to hold a forthcoming national vote on Lenin’s birthday.
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