"If you're up for a healthy debate," I'm for a healthy debate, but I'm not into debating with people who insist on calling Jewish people (such as Putin) "nazis." I'm also not into calling black white, and white black. Calling Russians "nazis" even though they don't have any nazi-like law (but are the most diverse part of the world) is silly. There is a literal communist party in Rada (Parliament), calling for the resurrection of the USSR. They have Putin's approval, too.
Concerning communism, our industry has never been collectivized. It was owned by the elite, just as it is today. In the USSR, people could have traded with foreigners as they do in modern Russia. We've also owned our homes and farms. Russia inherited its constitution from the USSR. Most laws have remained unchanged to this day.
Russia adopted laws prohibiting any form of nationalism and/or glorification of nazi doctrine. Calling white people "superior" or calling for racial segregation would get you imprisoned in Russia.
The bottom line is that not everyone we disagree with is a nazi.