"It is time to get rid of this horrible mummy," said Valeriya Novodvorskaya, head of the Democratic Union, a small reform party. "One cannot talk about any kind of democracy or civilization in Russia when Lenin is still in the country's main square."IN THE COMMENTS: Best line "Somehow it almost sounds as if Putin is speaking for himself."
She added: "I would not care even if he were thrown on a garbage heap."...
Where Mr. Putin stands is now the central remaining question of Lenin's future address.
Mr. Putin said in 2001 that he did not want to upset the civic order by moving the founder's remains. "Many people in this country associate their lives with the name of Lenin," he said. "To take Lenin out and bury him would say to them that they have worshiped false values, that their lives were lived in vain."
October 5, 2005
"It is time to get rid of this horrible mummy."
Somehow it's still hard to face up to the need to bury Lenin's body:
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"To take Lenin out and bury him would say to them that they have worshiped false values...."
Well, yes. The sooner the better.
Yup. Face it, folks.
Somehow it almost sounds as if Putin is speaking for himself.
There's never much good news coming out of Russia, is there?
I think by this point, anyone who worshipped Lenin should realize that dream is dead.
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