Posted 1/1/2024, 6:29:00 PM
Russia Building Stalin Centers to Rehabilitate His Image, Support Ukraine War
- Stalin centers are being built across Russia to rehabilitate Stalin's image and boost support for Putin's war in Ukraine
- The centers aim to portray Stalin as a "great man of history" who modernized the USSR and defeated Nazism in WWII
- 37 Stalin monuments have been erected since Putin became president in 1999, with more added since the Ukraine invasion
- Pro-Stalin propaganda targets children, including plans for a mass gymnastics event in Red Square
- Activists accuse authorities of removing monuments to Stalin's victims while glorifying the dictator