@Tfmonkey not sure about the middle-east, not my forte, but you need to understand that soviet communists destroyed the entire central and eastern europe. so people still hold a grudge. it has been only 30 years, so most people alive today have it fresh in their memory. yes, russia today is completely different animal altogether, but it is still russia and that is hard pill to swallow and get over. although believe it or not, a lot of people reminiscent about the times under the communists.
@Justicar but wasn't communism Jewish? Modern Russia isn't Jewish but the Western Empire is, so cheering for the modern Jewish Empire to win because the old Jewish Empire fucked you over doesn't make sense to me.
@Tfmonkey some could and would actually argue things were objectively better under the communists. and indeed they were. but overall it were shit times.