Quote Originally Posted by Eric C. View Post
Lots of people speak of Hitler when referring to Germany of the 1930s, or Saddam Hussein when referring to Iraq of the end of the 20th century. It's a feature of the English speaking culture if you will - to make fun and parodies of obnoxious dictators. It's real fun, and it may begin to sound funny to you too - if you try understanding it a bit harder.
Last couple of years British and US media try really hard to paint Russia black. And Stalin is used for that too, somehow they managed to connect Stalin and modern Russia, completely removing the fact the he's Georgian and he ruled USSR not Russia.

Recent examples of blackpainting
http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-ra...n-song-contest
Topic says: "Sweden defeats Russia to grasp Eurovision song contest victory"
Defeats? That's a strange word for a song contest where 28 countries gathered together to entertain the world.
But it keeps getting better
Sure, Polina Gagarina had a nice song. Ish. And she genuinely cried, at the end. A Million Voices, yadda yadda. Niceish tune disguising toxic international hypocrisy, hurrah!
Polina even gets "boos" at the end. I mean, really?

A propaganda piece from last year
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/...ence-secretary
Putin could be as bad as Stalin, says former defence secretary
Senior Labour MP Bob Ainsworth warns that Russia is a bigger threat to world peace than Isis
ok, good to know what British MP thinks, IDK about rest of Britain but I don't hear disapproving voices.