[Marxism] RE: Russian CP in Disarray

["Calvin Broadbent" <calvinbroadbent@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Actually, as far as I am aware, the huge Russian gas supply has been
state-owned ever since the official collapse of the USSR.
cheers.


Jim Farmelant Wrote:

> Isn't the Russian Communist Party suffering in part because
> Putin has stolen much of their thunder? In the last elections,
> the Communists ran on a platform that emphasized cracking
> down on the oligarchs. Since then, Putin has made some
> highly publicized moves against at least a couple of oligarchs
> who had crossed him. His government has also talked of
> renationalizing certain key industries like energy. I am not
> sure that are any great programmatic differences between
> Putin and the Communists.

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