Putin is now using Stalin as his model. He has no compunctions about genocide. He is willing to kill 20 million Ukrainians. He is also willing to fill up the gulags again with protesters. Now they don't have to be anti-communists, just anyone who may disagree with him. He would ship out twenty million Russians as quickly as he can get the trains running.

Russians are more educated and aware of the world than they were ninety years ago. Will they be as intimidated? They will have to be as brave as the Ukrainians?