Putin on his Communist Party membership card: ‘I still keep it at home’

(CNSNews.com) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday he still likes the ideas of theoretical communism "very much," and recalled that unlike many others he had not publicly destroyed his Communist Party membership card, but still keeps it at home.
"In contrast to many functionaries I did not throw my membership card away or burn it in public," he told supporters in the southern city of Stavropol. "I still keep it at home."