Sure, but capitalism with a Fuehrer that has a lifelong seat at the head of government and portrays himself in Riefenstahl like images surely qualifies as fascism, no?

So you are saying that there is a fine line between fascism and capitalism, yes? What would that line be? And why would we chose capitalism over fascism?

The inequality in Russia is absurd. After the fall of the Soviet Union, it the country has clearly become the textbook capitalist country in the world. Tell me, what are the great left wing achievements it has made? Putin on a horse?

Putin’s Russia is not fascist in what sense?

Buddy, you are defending a clearly fascist state here.

Russia started when they invaded the Krim. All of Europe shrugged their shoulders because of cheap gas… Russia is quite clearly a fascist state so I really do not understand your apologies for it. It’s probably the only state that is more capitalist than the US, so why defending it?