The USSR was a 50 year long failed experiment.

There are different types of communism.

Not every communist party seeks a Soviet Superstate.

The controversy wanes as soon as something new and interesting comes along to catch the public eye.

Remember Mel Gibson's drunken anti-Semetic rant?
Or Tom Cruise's endorsements of Scientology?

Of course, we do; but I could ask my mom, one of the most mainstream, "generic American" people I know, and if I was lucky she might remember the first subject.

The public honestly just stops caring.

As for Japanese socialists, they are in my experience rather to the right of the nordic-style parties.

But whatever, enjoy your ignorance.

Less condemnation of other ideologies and political affiliations and more looking inward on our own, or our countrymen's own. Once we complete that phase I think it's time we assess what's wrong, what's right, and what fits into that gray area for our own political ideologies. I currently don't believe we live in a "free" country in the USA.

Most of this was me going off on a tangent, but I feel your coverage of this was pretty slanderous and highly biased. Communist doesn't HAVE to be utter tyrannical socialism, it has been perceived as such and acted out as such THUS FAR. I think a balance can be achieved for the good of the people, while still remaining mostly Communist.

and the fact they call him Tsar has not much to do with communism. sure they support communism but they dont practice it. their political leanings really dont have anything to do with the threat to the status quo that they pose.

and back to the point at hand, yes it's straightforward. but if you thought it was so straightforward, why the name calling? you can approve or not, but that doesnt mean you can insinuate some kind of evil behind it. communism itself is not an evil thing, it's the people abusing it that are.

Russia is a gangster country, all the money in the world won't get you anywhere there without FSB or mafia connections.

Most objections to her actions seem to be based on whether the objector approves of leftist politics or not, so it seems a fairly straightforward issue.

anyway, Russia is a capitalist country with communist leanings. if you wanna talk communist, talk china or north korea. plus i dont see anything wrong in appearing in a communist magazine. her choice atleast.

i guess the biggest threat to the US and it's allies is the russians but you're not likely to see her donning a flak jacket waving the sickle and hammer on the roof of the whitehouse. mostly because as i said before, russia isnt communist... plus she isnt russian.

Are the Conservatives part of the current UK government? You would get some funny looks if you said they were.