text: The anti-Ukrainian sentiment expressed by our Russian friends here in their comments is not exactly surprising.
  
  You should see how Russian nationalists are trying to rehabilitate Stalin's image in today's Russia. Can you imagine a "St. Iosef Stalin" ikon after all the Orthodox Christians that monster killed? Probably not, yet here it is:
  
  https://sputniknews.com/russia/201505311022778000/
  
  http://newslanc.com/saint-stalin/
  
  Since Mao is already the object of religious veneration in China, the only equivalent I can think of is the erection of a St. Adolf Hitler church in Germany.