April Fools -- the joke's on Lenin

[Mariia]

But they were part of Russia before, so Russia's history concerns them greatly - I presume.

Not the point. Annetta thinks I'm Latvian or Estonian and that that is why I don't like Lenin.

To get back to the joke and its meaning - I can understand that Russian people don't like Lenin, but Mariia, as you said, the joke wasn't noble. To me, that IS the matter.
If those jokers wanted to give a message, there was maybe a more intelligent way to do it. 

But then again, as recent events have shown, sometimes acts like these are the only way to get attention. You know, of course, that Medvedev has restored 7 November. Must have gotten the idea during one of his chats with Kirill or while lighting candles and Christ the Saviour

Anyway, vandalism is not good per se, but it *is* better than nothing, imo.

[Alixz]

On 25 October (7 November GC) 1917, Bolsheviks led their forces in the uprising in Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd), the capital of Russia, ...

[Proud_Olga]

But they were part of Russia before, so Russia's history concerns them greatly - I presume.

Not the point. Annetta thinks I'm Latvian or Estonian and that that is why I don't like Lenin.

Oh - my mistake then.

To get back to the joke and its meaning - I can understand that Russian people don't like Lenin, but Mariia, as you said, the joke wasn't noble. To me, that IS the matter.
If those jokers wanted to give a message, there was maybe a more intelligent way to do it. 

But then again, as recent events have shown, sometimes acts like these are the only way to get attention.

I can understand - after all, this kind of acts hurts and kills nobody... But what was the message? It was against this decision of restoration of 7 November? Or simply protesting about the damages - which are still present - that communism made? 
I don't really know how communism is seen in Russia nowadays by the Russian people. And how politics are in your country. From what I've heard, it doesn't really respect the conditions of democracy... but I know that what medias spread are not always accurate. They often tend to believe in a kind of 'Axis of evil'.