Communists recall Lenin

Moscow - Russia's Communist faithful marked the 75th anniversary of the death of the revolutionary Vladimir Lenin yesterday with…

Moscow - Russia's Communist faithful marked the 75th anniversary of the death of the revolutionary Vladimir Lenin yesterday with Lenin's modern-day successor vowing to undo the legacy of President Yeltsin.

"I have to say that Lenin is more important than ever," the Communist leader, Mr Gennady Zyuganov, said after laying flowers at Lenin's Mausoleum.

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