“Defending Russians by claiming they are slightly better than Nazis (which is debatable)...”: That is the victory of Neo-Nazi. It is not debatable if you just study the roots of each ideology.
A Jew, a Gypsy, a Slav can’t survive Nazi Regime, based on racism. No even a vague chance…
Any citizen can survive a Communist Regime with bit of luck and no involvement in politic.
Those communist Regimes did kill, but so did the Western Capitalist & Democratic Countries…
France, England, USA, Spain, Portugal killed millions in the Cold War period, in the wave after WW2, decolonisation and Containment Wars. We use gas, starved populations to death (Vietnam, Biaffra (Nigeria), just as ex.), and deported populations in so-called Safe-villages (Vietnam, Algeria) as did the good Uncle Joe. And operation Condor was NOT a good democratic conduct…

Sorry, have to go to work... To be Continued...