Russia on the other hand refuses to abandon Soviet legacy, Communist party is not illegal, communist war criminals are not prosecuted - former KGB operative was your president LOL - In Latvia former KGB operatives are not allowed to run for electable office till the end of their lives - (Russia protested when Latvia prosecuted Vassili Kononov (I'm glad that this bastard, who burned pregnant woman alive, is finally dead, hope he rots in hell

. They also do not want to extradite Mikhail Golovatov who is responsible for 13.01.1991. massacre in Vilnius.).
They still celebrate Brezhnev's "Victory day" - even Staļin himself did not celebrate anything - because even he apparently thought that there is nothing to celebrate for.