Staunton, Sept. 25 – It is widely known that there are many Stalinists in Russia, but it is less widely appreciated that there are Russians who think Stalin was insufficiently repressive given the nature of that country’s domestic and foreign problems. But such people exist and their views likely get more of a hearing than anyone of good will could possibly want.
One such is Igor Romanov, the editor of the Bereg Rus portal in the Russian Far East. In an article entitled “Stalin is Not Enough, We Need an Orthodox Tamerlane,” he makes exactly that point; and in accompanying articles, he specifies that among those who must be weeded out are Masons and Jews (beregrus.ru/?p=15150, beregrus.ru/?p=15147 and beregrus.ru/?p=15145).
Criticizing Stalin for being overly soft is not something one often encounters, and one might expect anyone who did so to be isolated quickly. But in fact, Romanov has close ties with the Russian Orthodox Church and Russian nationalist writers and activists and even offers interesting discussions of a wide variety of issues far removed from this one.
For examples of his articles that have attracted my attention over the last few years, see windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/06/russias-disintegration-could-well-begin.html, windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2021/08/russian-federations-time-running-out.html, windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2018/05/separatist-ideas-spreading-in-ethnic.html and windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2017/05/western-missionaries-said-working-with.html.
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