Russian Communist party leader Gennady Z

MOSCOW, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Russian Communist party leader Gennady Zyuganov (C) with supporters pays respects at the grave of the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin on Red Square outside the Kremlin wall in Moscow marking the Soviet leader's birthday 21 December 2004. Fifty years have passed since Joseph Stalin died on March 5, 1953, but many Russians still revere him as a great leader who defeated Hitler and made the Soviet Union a superpower, despite his devastating purges which killed millions of people. AFP PHOTO / DENIS SINYAKOV (Photo credit should read DENIS SINYAKOV/AFP via Getty Images)