Communists in occupied Luhansk handed out Valentine's Day cards featuring dictators

Communists and Komsomol members handed out "Stalintines and Lenintines" – cards depicting Soviet dictators – on Valentine's Day in Russian-occupied Luhansk.

Source: Communist Party of the Russian Federation website; videos published on social media, including TikTok

Details: The Russian Communist Party reported on this event on its website and a video was published on social media, including TikTok.

"For 10 years now on this day Luhansk communists and Komsomol members have been holding an alternative event, handing out 'Stalintines' – red hearts with images of Soviet leaders and a call to honour Soviet and Orthodox holidays," the Russian Communist Party wrote.

The video shows a group of people posing in red caps and jackets with symbols of Russia's communist party. Some of them are dressed in Soviet-era military uniforms.

Communists urged residents of Luhansk to celebrate "Soviet Orthodox holidays" and called Valentine's Day an "imposed Catholic holiday". The Russian Communist Party also tied the date of 14 February to the 83rd anniversary of the "liberation" of Luhansk from German troops.

In addition to "Stalintines" and "Lenintines", representatives of the party also hand out "Klementines", "Dzerzhintines" and "Brezhnevtines" to city residents. The communists are claiming that residents of Luhansk keep these "cards" as souvenirs, drivers "hang them on their windscreens", housewives "attach them to their fridges" and Russian soldiers "keep them in their pockets".

Background: Earlier, we reported on how children in occupied Luhansk are being prepared for service in the ranks of Russian armed forces against Ukraine.

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