Putin Brings Back Stalin-Era Labor Medal

Happy May Day

Reason Staff | 5.1.2013 10:28 AM

(Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin likes to deny that he is taking Russia back to the USSR, but on Wednesday he dusted off another communist relic by restoring a labor medal introduced under Josef Stalin.

A week after telling the nation there was nothing in Russia that smacked of the late Soviet dictator, Putin pinned the Hero of Labour award on five recipients in St Petersburg, the cradle of the 1917 revolution that swept communists to power.

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Putin Brings Back Stalin-Era Labor Medal

Happy May Day

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