Recently in party circles I had to hear opinions more than once, that, war in Chechen Republic should be stopped immediately by means of withdraw the Russian army therefrom, and to give independence to Chechens. Such reasonings are supported with arguments that Russia - is not capable to crush and destroy gangs of terrorists, and continuation of war promotes creation of a police state. (more…)
During friendly discussions with comrades of the Party it sometimes happens to hear the opinion: We can’t let Chechnya free! What kind of nationalists are we if we call for giving the Chechens a piece of Russian territory?! References to Lenin and the Bolsheviks, with their Brest peace and generally anti-Russian position during the First World War don’t convince everybody. “Lenin was an internationalist, but we are nationalists” is a common objection.
All right, Lenin the internationalist is not an authority in this question, but Hitler the national-socialist? (more…)