We are only obligated to believe (in absolute terms) what is part of the Magisterium. The book you referenced is not part of the magisterium.
Russia is also currently a state run by finance and capital.
Invading a country is not intrinsically communistic, many monarchies invaded countries.
On my side, I side with Pope Pius XI and his definition of communism.

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Thank you @Angelica Torres for your comment. I agree with you. I have pointed out that the last Teaching of the Catholic Church was Pius XI's encyclical, Divini Redemptoris, where he clearly stated , " In fact, the most persistent enemies of the Church, who from Moscow are directing the struggle against Christian civilization, themselves bear witness, by their unceasing attacks in word and act..." That is the last definitive statement exposing our enemies and their physical headquarters. Why would we think that had changed? Hence the staged fall of the Soviet Union. I have also pointed out solid Catholic teaching on Zionism as an "error of Russia," still alive and well today. So while a Soviet "defector's" book isn't part of the Magisterium there is enough Catholic teaching on the subject to indict the modern Kremlin and Red Square for their role in destroying the Catholic Church. God bless you!

Hi Jeffrey,
There are logical inconsistencies with the Perestroika Deception.
Just exploring some points:
1- It is illogical to think that if an idea/intention is written in a book
(Perestroika Deception - 1995 book by KGB defector Anatoliy Golitsyn), then it necessarily means it will come to fruition in real life or that it should be given a higher standard of credence.
2- It is not logical to think that Bolshevik communism can be defined as the same entity as the esoteric communism that the Perestroika Deception describes.
3- The invaded nation (which has life through its people) plays a big role in whether the ideology will be internalized by the people and although a national hierarchy can be infiltrated, it does not mean that its people will internalize the propaganda as its own.
We have, for example, Afghanistan, where the Bolshevik communists replaced Afghanistan's leadership with communist empathizers and yet got nowhere near making the actual Afghan people embrace communism. Ironically, the war with Afghanistan is what depleted the Soviet Union economically and played a big role in the downfall of the Soviet Union.
I bend my knee to Pope Pius XI's assessment on why Bolshevik communism ended. That's to say, mainly among others: no natural right accorded to human personality, the imposed brutality and terrorism to make its people be "productive" which is not sustainable, the denial of the supreme reality: God.
I'm sure the communists wanted the West disarmed while allowing hardcore communists to secretly retain power, but it was just wishful thinking.

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