Oh, this is so ripe for a totally unproductive flame-war. I don't know how anyone with eyes can walk around Warsaw and think it should look more like Minsk. And their "fascist" movements are... well... not quite as "fascist" as some would like you to think.

> many of which consider themselves the peers of communist parties in other states

At least we can agree that the socialist parties in Poland are closer allies to Russia than to the West! Moral implication heavily implied.