[KozmoNau7]

Well, it is traditional for tyrants and despots to rewrite history to suit their goals. And it does make sense to attempt a restoration of Stalin's public image.

He was objectively the greatest leader in the history of their country/union, with a massively powerful cult of personality. To paraphrase from a popular series of books, "after all, [he] did great things – terrible, yes, but great."

[Fins]

Great -- as in slaughtering more of his own people than even Hitler did to them?

While the Russians might even, to some degree, like the idea, it does not make it right.