Putin says DemonRats' values are similar to Soviet Communist Party, which also had longtime ties with the US Black community

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-07/putin-praises-trump-ties-and-says-biden-may-not-be-bad-either

Putin Praises Trump Ties and Says Biden May Not Be Bad Too

By Ilya Arkhipov and Stepan Kravchenko

October 7, 2020, 5:10 AM EDT Updated on October 7, 2020, 7:18 AM EDT

" The Russian leader even argued that the values of the Democrats were similar to those of the Soviet Communist Party, of which he said he’d been a member for 18 years. The Soviet regime’s longtime ties with the Black community in the U.S. could also be a basis for links to the Democrats, he said.

“Equality, brotherhood, what’s wrong with that?” Putin said. “There is some kind of ideological basis for establishing contacts with a representative of the Democratic Party.” "