The smoothness of the brain, the dusty hole where curiosity should be

if you call the bad guys the slur, you're only legitimizing their dehumanizing language and reinforcing their assertion that the people commonly refered to by that slur are subhuman and therefore subject to enslavement/extermination.

you're welcome.

now stop being an asshole.

You're playing into horseshoe theory my friend. Russia hasn't been Communist for 30 years. After the Shock Therapy of the 90's Russia's a Capitalist hellhole ran by oligarchs.