【1/26新聞想想】普丁痛批「蘇維埃國父」列寧
美聯社報導，俄羅斯總統普丁週一以罕見的口吻批評建立蘇維埃的列寧，指控他為俄國安上了「計時炸彈」，同時批評布爾什維克政府處決沙皇、家人和數以千計神父的殘暴鎮壓手段。
普丁以往均避免批評至今仍飽受尊敬的列寧，以免激怒部份選民。但這一次他砲火全開，可能是為了加強俄羅斯在烏克蘭危機中的政策正當性，也可能反映出俄羅斯擔憂某些區域日漸加強的分離意識。
他批評列寧當年依照種族分布在邊境畫定國界的作法，埋下不安定的因子。舉例來說，列寧將近年來動盪不安的烏克蘭東部工業區域Donbass畫入烏克蘭，只為了增加無產階級在此的比例。
他也批評列寧建立的聯邦制度，允許加盟國得以退出，並表示這是導致1991年蘇聯崩潰的主因之一。他說，列寧在和史達林對於國家制度的辯論中，站在錯誤的一方。
普丁同時表示，布爾什維克導致俄國在一次世界大戰奪權過程中成為輸家，在一戰結束前數月之內失去大片領土。他說，他在KGB服務時全心相信共黨意識形態，認為共產黨將帶來公平正義的社會，但現實卻與此大有不同。
Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses a regional meeting of pro-Kremlin United Peoples' Front in Stavropol, on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016. Putin has said that the Russian air campaign in Syria will last for as long as it's necessary to support the Syrian army's offensive. During a meeting with students on a visit to Stavropol in southern Russia, he said Moscow's goal is to help Damascus defeat "terrorists." (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday criticized Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin, accusing him of placing a "time bomb" under the state, and sharply denouncing brutal repressions by the Bolshevik government.
The harsh criticism of Lenin, who is still revered by communists and many others in Russia, is unusual for Putin, who in the past carefully weighed his comments about the nation's history to avoid alienating some voters.
At the same time, he signaled that the government has no intention of taking Lenin's body out of his Red Square tomb, warning against "any steps that would divide the society."
Putin's assessment of Lenin's role in Russian history during Monday's meeting with pro-Kremlin activists in the southern city of Stavropol was markedly more negative than in the past.
Putin denounced Lenin and his government for brutally executing Russia's last czar along with all his family and servants, killing thousands of priests and placing a "time bomb" under the Russian state by drawing administrative borders along ethnic lines.
As an example of Lenin's destructive legacy, Putin pointed at Donbass, the industrial region in eastern Ukraine where a pro-Russia separatist rebellion flared up weeks after Russia's March 2014 annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula. More than 9,000 people have been killed in the conflict since April 2014, and clashes have continued despite a February 2015 peace deal.
He said that Lenin and his government whimsically drew borders between parts of the U.S.S.R., placing Donbass under the Ukrainian jurisdiction in order to "increase the percentage of proletariat" in a move Putin called "delirious."
Putin's criticism of Lenin could be part of his attempts to justify Moscow's policy in the Ukrainian crisis, but it also may reflect the Kremlin's concern about possible separatist sentiments in some Russian provinces.
Putin was particularly critical of Lenin's concept of a federative state with its entities having the right to secede, saying it heavily contributed to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union. "It was a time bomb under our state," he said, adding that Lenin's was wrong in a dispute with Josef Stalin who advocated a unitary state model.
In the past, Putin has denounced Stalin for massive purges that killed millions, but noted his role in defeating the Nazis in WW II.
In Monday's comments, Putin also blasted the Bolsheviks for making Russia lose World War I in their quest for power, making Russia suffer defeat by Germany and cede large chunks of territory just months before it lost World War I. "We lost to the losing party, a unique case in history," Putin said.
Putin said he sincerely believed in Communist ideology when he served in the KGB, adding that while promises of a fair and just society in the Communist ideology "resembled the Bible quite a lot" but the reality was different. "Our country didn't look like the City of the Sun," envisaged by socialist utopians, he said.
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