I see 1990s Russia more similar to Weimar Germany, a failed democracy experiment where everyone came out from wanting something else. Regarding Germany, as opp

I see 1990s Russia more similar to Weimar Germany, a failed democracy experiment where everyone came out from wanting something else. Regarding Germany, as opposed to 1918, defeat was not something they could escape, complete and utter destruction of cities, mass rapes, ethnic cleansing, POWs and occupation. The strict contrast with the fascist promises of victory is the real engine of denazificatiom imo