I think the United States is one of the only places on earth that does this. In most of the world people would find it incredibly weird to have a large compound dedicated to celebrating the cult of an ex-leader, especially one who is still alive. This includes literal monarchies.

[–] AstroStelar@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago

Russia has the Yeltsin Center in Yekaterinburg, which is a museum plus convention center. A Russian communist claimed it receives more money from the government than the Hermitage and Tretyakov Gallery combined because it keeps losing money.

The Yeltsin Center was established in accordance with the 2008 law "On centers of historical heritage of presidents of the Russian Federation ceased to carry out its powers" for the preservation, study and public presentation of the heritage of the first President of the Russian Federation "in the context of the recent history of the Fatherland, the development of democratic institutions and the rule of law".

Based off the title of that law there will be one for Putin when it comes to it.

[–] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago

Until this comment I genuinely believed this was some sort of official project prefixed with Obama in the way that the rental bicycles in London are commonly known as the Boris Bikes