[Marxism] "Communists have become the only democratic party in the Parliament”

[Ruthless Critic of All that Exists]

"Leonid N. Dobrokhotov, a Communist historian and informal adviser to
Mr. Zyuganov, said the Communists were seeking to become a home for
the well educated, noting that among its members of Parliament is
Zhores I. Alferov, a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2000.

" "I know that it looks very paradoxical to receive the support of
liberals, but it is possible to explain — the Communists have become
the only democratic party in the Parliament," Mr. Dobrokhotov said.
"This is a tremendous change from the past. We are not the Communist
Party of the Soviet Union." "---

December 9, 2007
The New York Times
Look Who's Still Standing in Russia
By CLIFFORD J. LEVY

MOSCOW

"With President Vladimir V. Putin's party swaggering to an election
landslide last week that wiped out the liberals in Parliament for the
first time, Mr. Zyuganov's party now seems to represent the only
viable force remaining against the Kremlin.[...]"

Full: <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/weekinreview/09levy.html?ref=weekinreview>