So them being reactionary does make them controlled opposition (controlled opposition would include the democrats in America, right?). Got it.

How exactly did communism not get eliminated from Russia? I do not really know much about the period after the USSR fell and broke into many pieces, so it would be interesting to know how it survived in Russia and not in other places (I think Ukraine outlawed communism).

Russia is against LGBTQ+, right? That is definitely reactionary and indicative of the fact that Russia is very conservative.