I agree whole-heartedly with Maurits. Putin may have annexed part of Ukraine, but Stalin literally starved the kulaks in Ukraine into submission, killing millions in the process. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekulakization. read more
Vanya has a point. Statues are always erected for a reason. In Russia, the state has been behind an effort to rebrand the leaders of its past. The trend began when local governments across Russia started erecting statues to Stalin. Now, Ivan the Terrible seems to be the tsar in vogue. read more