In December 2018, Putin said that "restoration of socialism in Russia is impossible", but stressed that "certain elements of socialization of economy and social sphere are possible". He stated that the restoration of socialism "is always related to expenditures and, eventually, an economic dead end".<ref>{{cite news|date=20 December 2018 |title=Putin says restoration of socialism in Russia impossible |url=https://tass.com/politics/1037030|access-date=24 February 2023 |newspaper=TASS|location=Moscow}}</ref>
In October 2021, while criticizing the modern "Western agenda", he likened it theto onethat of the [[Bolsheviks]] for being based on the advocacy of the "so-called social progress". He criticized the Bolshevik efforts, based on "dogmas of Marx and Engels", to change not just political and economic customs, but also "the very notion of human morality and the foundations of a healthy society". He criticized the Bolsheviks for masquerading as "progress" the "destruction of age-old values, religion and relations between people, up to and including the total rejection of family, encouragement to inform on loved ones", and said that these patterns were repeated in the modern [[Western world|West]]. He also said: "In a number of Western countries, the debate over men's and women's rights has turned into a perfect phantasmagoria. Look, beware of going where the Bolsheviks once planned to go – not only communalising chickens, but also communalising women. One more step and you will be there" (see [[Glass of water theory]]).<ref>{{cite web|date=22 October 2021 |title=Vladimir Putin Meets with Members of the Valdai Discussion Club. Transcript of the Plenary Session of the 18th Annual Meeting|url=https://valdaiclub.com/events/posts/articles/vladimir-putin-meets-with-members-of-the-valdai-discussion-club-transcript-of-the-18th-plenary-session/|access-date=24 February 2023 |website=valdaiclub.com|location=Sochi}}</ref>
Putin's "[[on conducting a special military operation]]" speech has been seen as [[Anti-communism|anti-Bolshevik]], in particular for his denunciation of [[Leninism|Leninist]] principles regarding [[Korenizatsiia|national policy]].<ref>{{cite web|date=26 February 2022 |author=Mario Kessler|title=Putin's Anti-Bolshevik Fantasies Could Be His Downfall|url=https://jacobin.com/2022/02/putin-anti-bolshevik-tsarist-mythic-history-ukraine|access-date=26 February 2023 |website=Jacobin}}</ref>
