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Legionnaire-style blacklists, a method adopted by Romania’s communists and sovereignists
Legionnaire-style blacklists, a method adopted by Romania’s communists and sovereignists

The so-called “blacklists” have recently remerged in Romania – they are particularly circulated by Călin Georgescu’s supporters. In Romania, blacklists have a rather dark history, as they were used by extremists to take out their opponents.

Cezar Manu
27 Feb 2025
Memorial’s Sergey Bondarenko explains how Russia cracked down on anti-communist dissidents
Memorial’s Sergey Bondarenko explains how Russia cracked down on anti-communist dissidents

Those that denounced the crimes of communism were defeated in Putin's Russia and must now find the resources to start over, according to a Russian historian from the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Memorial human rights organization.

Anton Breiner
19 Dec 2024
Bloated kulaks and evil-minded Americans: satirical propaganda in communist Romania
Bloated kulaks and evil-minded Americans: satirical propaganda in communist Romania

Graphic or militant (political) satire was one of the main methods of castigating the enemy of the people in communist systems.

Bulgaria’s Monumental Problem
Bulgaria’s Monumental Problem

Communist-era monuments in Bulgaria were a point of fiery debates. Chaotic plans for their removal were not followed by a vision for the future.

Ceaușescu was a great leader of sovereign Romania
Ceaușescu was a great leader of sovereign Romania

Sputnik has now joined the current trying to rehabilitate Nicolae Ceaușescu and advance the idea that he was a great leader and patriot, and Romania thrived under Ceaușescu. Some of the concepts are similar to those of proto-chronism, national-communism and sovereigntist lines of thought.