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Pravda.RU:Gennady Zyuganov: socialist revolution possible in Russia (701 words) |
 | The KPRF leader said this on Saturday at the 10th congress of the communist party, now underway at the Izmailovo concert hall in Moscow. |
| The KPRF leader noted that, out of the 317 delegates, 248 are present and 24 are absent for valid excuses. |
| The KPRF congress at the Izmailovo concert hall is being held in pitch darkness because of a power failure. |
| AEI - Short Publications (3414 words) |
| Consequently, while the KPRF appears to be heading toward the ashbin of history, the statist, nationalist mindset endures--most menacingly, in the form of Vladimir Putin's lurch toward authoritarianism and the success of the new Motherland (Rodina) party--thus posing an enduring obstacle in Russia's transition toward liberal, democratic capitalism. |
| The forerunner of the KPRF, the Russian Communist Party (RCP), was founded in 1990 by the members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) opposed to General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms.[1] After the failed August 1991 coup by Communist hardliners, the president of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, banned the CPSU and the RCP. |
| The KPRF deemed the Soviet Union a model state and its breakup, a tragedy and a "crime." The same assessment applied to the "destruction" of the Soviet military-industrial complex, whose funding was cut by Yeltsin by 90 percent.[7] The "voluntary" recreation of the Soviet empire was a key objective. |
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