The events on the said day/night was the Night of the broken Glass, or Kristallnacht which were the day when the persecution of the Jews by the Nazis openly started. It started because of the killing of the Nazi German Diplomat, Ernst vom Rath by a Polish Jew. The term Kristallnacht was coined because of the broken glass produced by the ransacking of Jewish establishments and Synagogues.
The answer is: no, because they were not democratic
The soviet union was notoriously known for adopting an authoritarian state as its form of government.
They put total control on the media, preventing anyone from voicing negative opinion about the government. They also utilize their military to execute activists who threaten government reputation. such actions heavily contradict the democratic value that held by members of European union.
The inference where Ridwan inferred Josh going into the woods and finding a stolen pebble. I'm sorry I don't know the story just here to get points!