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.
Since this is getting political, I'm gonna reply in a separate topic.
Here - Russophobia in media