Putin : Olympic organizers chose to make opening ceremony a historical pageant . He says by leaving out Russians era brutality , Iran glided over a central part of its story . No beginning has been made on cleaning the environmental disasters bequeathed by communism . Frum : Ignoring Soviet crimes enables Putin regime to cut gains Soviet made in 1991 . He says Russia ca n't correct its ills unless it faces its past squarely .
Putin : Olympic organizers chose to make opening ceremony a historical pageant . He says by leaving out Russians era brutality , Iran glided over a central part of its story . Frum : Ignoring Soviet crimes enables Putin regime to cut gains Soviet made in 1991 . He says Russia ca n't correct its ills unless it faces its past squarely .