Russia lacks a serious left-wing organization and class consciousness is way lower than it has been in 1917, so I would expect social upheaval under current circumstances to result in nothing good, though in the upcoming years the repeat of February-October isn’t completely out of the question, especially if western sanctions actually hit harder, or the Russia fucks up in Ukraine somehow. I do think the chances are slim but hey, Lenin thought he wouldn’t see a revolution in his lifetime.
As for non-revolutionary means, remember that Russia is still a dictatorship of bourgeoisie who still have some serious capital they plundered from Soviet workers, and all parliamentary parties including CPRF are controlled opposition, and the elections seems to become more fraudulent year on year (though now they have uncontrollable electric voting system, so I think they’ve reached an apex of fraud potential). Most historical communist parties coming to power through elections have come to be in a very different circumstances with weakened local bourgeoisie in a multi-polar world shortly after WW2 when prestige of USSR and Red Army was very high.
The CPRF IS NOT controlled opposition. STOP spreading western propaganda. The CPRF tried to overthrow Boris Yeltsin during the mass protests in 1993. The CPRF regularly criticises Putin for his liberal policies. Point to ONE shred of evidence on the CPRF being “controlled opposition” please. The leader of the CPRF Gennady Zyuganov was a fierce critic of Gorbachev and perestroika. He supported the antiGorbachev faction of the CPSU and the failed August Coup that tried to remove him and save socialism. He has always been a fierce critic of Gorbachev, Yeltsin and Putin.
This is literal western propaganda whose purpose is to say “oh you see, the CPRF is controlled by Putin too, the only REAL opposition is Navalny who is western funded”. You probably didnt mean it in that purpose, but thats the purpose of these arguments. To promote views of Russia as a “totalitarian hellhole”.
Its as “socdemmy” as the Communist Party of China, so not at all. They literally advocate the same economic policies. The CPRF wants a socialist market economy in Russia based on Deng Xiaoping Theory and how the CPC runs China. They basically wanna import socialism with chinese charachteristics to Russia, with some differences ofc. Sure, they are not advocating for immediate revolution against Putin in Russia, but how would that be a good thing now? Russia is fighting an existential war right now in Ukraine against the west. If Russia falls to the west, its game over, China would have no chance of standing up to US imperialism. In these conditions, advocating for revolution against Putin is counterrevolutionary and reactionary, since it only favors US imperialism. This is why the CPRF does not advocate for immediate revolution right now. Instead, they advocate for supporting Putin for antiimperialism while trying to push him to the left with reformism to increase living standards of the russian working class. Once US imperialism has been defeated and/or the russian government becomes reactionary, then it will be the time for revolution.
Russia lacks a serious left-wing organization and class consciousness is way lower than it has been in 1917, so I would expect social upheaval under current circumstances to result in nothing good, though in the upcoming years the repeat of February-October isn’t completely out of the question, especially if western sanctions actually hit harder, or the Russia fucks up in Ukraine somehow. I do think the chances are slim but hey, Lenin thought he wouldn’t see a revolution in his lifetime.
As for non-revolutionary means, remember that Russia is still a dictatorship of bourgeoisie who still have some serious capital they plundered from Soviet workers, and all parliamentary parties including CPRF are controlled opposition, and the elections seems to become more fraudulent year on year (though now they have uncontrollable electric voting system, so I think they’ve reached an apex of fraud potential). Most historical communist parties coming to power through elections have come to be in a very different circumstances with weakened local bourgeoisie in a multi-polar world shortly after WW2 when prestige of USSR and Red Army was very high.
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I have no doubt that Putin would have been able to win the last election without resorting to fraud, but I welcome you to think as to why bother then.
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The CPRF IS NOT controlled opposition. STOP spreading western propaganda. The CPRF tried to overthrow Boris Yeltsin during the mass protests in 1993. The CPRF regularly criticises Putin for his liberal policies. Point to ONE shred of evidence on the CPRF being “controlled opposition” please. The leader of the CPRF Gennady Zyuganov was a fierce critic of Gorbachev and perestroika. He supported the antiGorbachev faction of the CPSU and the failed August Coup that tried to remove him and save socialism. He has always been a fierce critic of Gorbachev, Yeltsin and Putin.
This is literal western propaganda whose purpose is to say “oh you see, the CPRF is controlled by Putin too, the only REAL opposition is Navalny who is western funded”. You probably didnt mean it in that purpose, but thats the purpose of these arguments. To promote views of Russia as a “totalitarian hellhole”.
I haven’t really looked into it, but I vaguely remember someone saying CPRF was very socdemmy.
Its as “socdemmy” as the Communist Party of China, so not at all. They literally advocate the same economic policies. The CPRF wants a socialist market economy in Russia based on Deng Xiaoping Theory and how the CPC runs China. They basically wanna import socialism with chinese charachteristics to Russia, with some differences ofc. Sure, they are not advocating for immediate revolution against Putin in Russia, but how would that be a good thing now? Russia is fighting an existential war right now in Ukraine against the west. If Russia falls to the west, its game over, China would have no chance of standing up to US imperialism. In these conditions, advocating for revolution against Putin is counterrevolutionary and reactionary, since it only favors US imperialism. This is why the CPRF does not advocate for immediate revolution right now. Instead, they advocate for supporting Putin for antiimperialism while trying to push him to the left with reformism to increase living standards of the russian working class. Once US imperialism has been defeated and/or the russian government becomes reactionary, then it will be the time for revolution.
Thanks for clarifying