Quote Originally Posted by Hanna View Post
Wow, they sound really mixed up!
Conservatism, religion and Christian values = Communism ?!!!
This is because CPRF (Communist Party of Russian Federation) is not a continuation of CPSU. CPSU has been disbanded in early 1990s.
As you know all other Soviet republics except Russia had their own communist parties, because possible Russian Communist party was considered dangerous due to Russian nationalism. CPRF was created only after perestroika in the late 1980s as a Russian separatist/secessionist party aimed against central Soviet authority. They supported the secession of the Russian Federation from the USSR, they also voted for the dissolution of the USSR in the Supreme Council.

The party ranks from the very beginning were occupied by nationalists and Russian traditionalists. After the dissolution of CPSU they remained the only Russian party which was "Communist" in name.