I would ' ve thought Ad Finem would ' ve been higher , as they ' ve had some upsets lately . <| sep |> Frankly , the amount of ash Russians dumped on their heads because of Stalin co . can be rivaled only by German selfflagellation over Nazism Uhhh . no . I ' m not sure what your motivation is here , but this statement is laughably untrue . Here ' s a poll from this year showing half of Russians polled expressing some level of justification of Stalins mass murders . s t a l i n s t e r r o r j u s t i f i e d p o l l s h owsmorerussiansthinkitwas 45301 Can you even imagine half of Germans today saying ' Hitler was at least somewhat justified in committing the Holocaust '? Furthermore , 39 % of Russians view him positively , 30 % neutral , and only 25 % viewed Stalin negatively . And you ' re trying to compare this to Germany ' s view on Hitler ? ? Please .