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[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 82 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (32 children)

The USSR collapsed more than 30 years ago. Modern day Russia has nothing to do with communism at all.

It is closer to its Czarist imperial roots than it is to the the USSR. You would be more accurate using the Russian Imperial Eagle

They literally revived the old imperial symbol when the Russian federation was created.

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I mean tbf they also make use of soviet iconography to just as much of a degree, they have a weird obsession with synchrotizing soviet aesthetics with Imperial Russian aesthetics in what can only be described as "grievance culture chique"

[–] Urist@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

Fascists always talk about returning to some former greatness. If the greater past was communist, thousands of years ago or a fairy tale does not matter as much.

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