Bollocks, if the Bolsheviks were ever communist they forfeited that title when they repressed the Kronstadt mutineers in 1921.

Que? You are arguing about definitions as opposed to results after several decades. The world changed, like it or not, through many iterations since 1921. As to possibilities: 'If my auntie had balls and all that' (per GG).

Giving rise to Bandung Conference of non-aligned movement in 1955. Hence BRICS now. Logical. Just bringing you up to date.